determinants of the youth smoking decision. We explore four aspects of this decision. First, we consider the demographic correlates … youth; indeed, increasingly over time youth smoking is taking place among white, suburban youth with college educated … 25 and 50% of the rise in youth smoking in the 1990s will persist into adulthood for this cohort; rough calculations …

After steadily declining over the previous 15 years, youth smoking began to rise precipitously in 1992, and by 1997 had … policies on youth smoking in the 1990s, drawing on three separate data sets. I find that the most important policy determinant … of youth smoking, particularly among older teens, is prices. Prices are a significant and sizeable determinant of smoking …

unobserved characteristics. Data come from the National School-Based Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, which are nationally …

Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has … (Monitoring the Future and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System), this study explores the impact of ENDS taxes on youth … tobacco use. We find that ENDS taxes reduce youth e-cigarette consumption, with estimated e-cigarette tax elasticities of -0 …

had been 21 in all states of the U.S. These figures indicate that, if reductions in youth motor vehicle accident deaths …

large percentage of youth motor vehicle accidents and deaths. Simulations suggest that, if reductions in youth alcohol use …

equals -1.4. It follows that, if future reductions in youth smoking are desired, an increase in the Federal excise tax is a …