analysis includes an estimation of changes in smoking prevalence, mortality, life expectancy, and public health expenditures by …-related diseases in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, and to assess the distributional health impact of an increase in … tobacco taxation in these three countries. According to the results obtained, in 2012 smoking caused around 310,000 deaths in …

We conduct an applied welfare economics analysis of cigarette tax avoidance. We develop an extension of the standard … switching regression model of border-crossing and cigarette prices. In illustrative calculations, we find that for many states …

In this study we use the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to test whether older adult smokers, defined as those 50 … years and older, respond to cigarette tax increases. Our preferred specifications show that older adult smokers respond … sex, race/ethnicity, education, and marital status, and by smoking intensity and level of addictive stock. These findings …