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Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has … adopted ENDS taxes. We use two large national surveys (Monitoring the Future and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System …) to estimate the impact of ENDS taxes on youth tobacco use. We find that ENDS taxes reduce youth ENDS consumption, with …
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Using data from the state and national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys for the period 1991-2005, Carpenter and Cook (2008 …) found a strong, negative relationship between cigarette taxes and youth smoking. We revisit this relationship using four … cigarette taxes since 2005. In fact, we find little evidence of a negative relationship between cigarette taxes and youth …
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This study is the first to comprehensively examine the effect of state anti-bullying laws (ABLs) on youth violence …. Using data from a variety of sources - including the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, Uniform Crime Reports, and newly collected …
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control policies on youth gun carrying or school violence. Using data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) for the …
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Adams, Blackburn, and Cotti (ABC) found that increases in minimum wages were positively related to drunk driving-related traffic fatalities for those ages 16 to 20. The hypothesized mechanism for this relationship - increased alcohol consumption caused by minimum wage - induced income gains -...
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designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state … cigarette taxes affected how young smokers obtained their cigarettes. Our estimates suggest that tax increases reduce youth … negatively related to borrowing among younger teenagers and negatively related to direct purchase among older teenagers. -- youth …
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The minimum wage is increasingly viewed as an important tool for improving public health outcomes, including reducing childbearing among teenagers. Taken at face value, recently reported estimates suggest that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour could reduce the number of teenage...
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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 …
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The spillover effect of cigarette taxes on youth marijuana use has been the subject of intense public debate. Opponents … experts often claim that because tobacco is a "gateway" drug, higher cigarette taxes will deter youth marijuana use. Using … data from the National and State Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) for the period 1991-2017, we explore the relationship …
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