This paper estimates effects of e-cigarette taxes enacted in eight states and two large counties on e-cigarette prices …, e-cigarette sales, and sales of other tobacco products. We use NielsenIQ Retail Scanner data from 2011 to 2017 …, comprising approximately 35,000 retailers nationally, and develop a method to standardize e-cigarette taxes since adopting …

We explore the effect of e-cigarette taxes enacted in eight states and two large counties on e-cigarette prices, e-cigarette … approximately 35,000 retailers nationally. We calculate a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of 0.251 for e-cigarette retail purchases …, indicating high market concentration, and a tax-to-price pass-through of 1.6. We then calculate an e-cigarette own …

E-cigarette licensure laws (ELLs) require retailers to obtain a state license to sell e-cigarettes over the counter …

reduce smoking by minors. Though not spontaneous, around 80 percent retailers find it unethical to sell cigarette to minors …

We used Nielsen store-level scanner data on cigarette prices from convenience stores over the period 2011-2012 to … measure the incidence of cigarette excise taxes. We found that cigarette taxes were more than fully passed through to retail … prices on average, suggesting consumers pay excess burden and market power exists in the cigarette industry. Utilizing …