cigarette price and policy-related measures to estimate smoking cessation equations for young adult males and females separately …

price of cigarettes as a way to discourage youths from smoking. One argument used to oppose these bills is that increases in … the price of cigarettes would cause youths to substitute marijuana for cigarettes. Although it has long been believed that …. Examination of the cross-price effects clearly shows that higher cigarette prices will not increase marijuana use among youths. In …

the number of people smoking and the frequency with which individuals smoke. The estimated overall average price …

positively related to this variable. Clearly, these are policy-relevant findings since price is a policy-manipulable variable …

the price elasticity of demand for each observation and report the average price elasticity across all observations or … report the price elasticity of demand at the mean of the price variable. Policy makers rely on these average price elasticity … estimates for public health and revenue generation purposes. The use of an average price elasticity may yield misleading …