Death and Tobacco Taxes
This article analyzes the effects of tobacco excise tax changes on mortality. Reduced-form regressions of mortality rates on tobacco taxes for the years 1954-1988, with controls for state, year, income, alcoholic beverage taxes, age distribution, and unobserved health trends indicate that tax increases lead to statistically significant decreases in smoking-related mortality. Evidence on the complementary relationship between alcohol and tobacco as it relates to health outcomes is also presented. A 10% increase in the tobacco tax is projected to save over 5,000 lives a year.
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1996
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Authors: | Moore, Michael J. |
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RAND Journal of Economics. - The RAND Corporation, ISSN 0741-6261. - Vol. 27.1996, 2, p. 415-248
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The RAND Corporation |
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