percentage of students who reported smoking in the past 30 days dropped between 9.7% and 13.3% immediately following the tax … from smoking or using smokeless tobacco that resulted from the 2009 federal tax increase could be much larger given the … resulting higher tobacco prices would deter more and more children from initiating smoking and smokeless tobacco use over time …

than 1 percentage point reduction in teen smoking because of the bans. The reduction is substantially lower than the 5 … smoking is more dangerous …

While much is known about the effects of prices and tobacco control policies on cigarette smoking, relatively little is …

This paper examines effectiveness of several tobacco control policies in discouraging cigarette smoking among youths …. These policies include increased cigarette excise taxes (which result in higher cigarette prices), restrictions on smoking … tobacco control policies can be effective in reducing youth cigarette smoking. The average overall estimated price elasticity …