In this paper, we develop a new direct measure of state anti-smoking sentiment and merge it with micro data on youth … smoking in 1992 and 2000. The empirical results from the cross-sectional models show two consistent patterns: after … controlling for differences in state anti-smoking sentiment, the price of cigarettes has a weak and statistically insignificant …

In this paper, we develop a new direct measure of state anti-smoking sentiment and merge it with micro data on youth … smoking in 1992 and 2000. The empirical results from the cross-sectional models show two consistent patterns: after … controlling for differences in state anti-smoking sentiment, the price of cigarettes has a weak and statistically insignificant …

with age. We investigate the responsiveness of older adult smoking using variation from recent historically-large cigarette …While recent evidence casts some doubt, it is generally-accepted that the price sensitivity of smoking varies inversely … find consistent evidence that higher taxes reduced smoking participation by adults aged forty-five to fifty …

cigarette purchases on Indian reservations. We focus on two under-studied but basic empirical economic questions this raises …. Using novel data from New York surveys that asked directly about cigarette prices and purchases from reservations, we first …'s cigarette tax is a fixed amount per pack, providing an opportunity to test the Alchian and Allen substitution theorem. We find …

declines in premium cigarette purchases. However, even among the premium consumers with the most to gain from switching, about …

cigarette purchases on Indian reservations. We focus on two under-studied but basic empirical economic questions this raises …. Using novel data from New York surveys that asked directly about cigarette prices and purchases from reservations, we first …'s cigarette tax is a fixed amount per pack, providing an opportunity to test the Alchian and Allen substitution theorem. We find …