Introduction -- Federal income taxes : funding the welfare state -- Cigarettes : creating crime through taxes -- The minimum wage : promoting teenage unemployment -- The fruits of alcohol prohibition : poison booze, crime, and corruption -- Be careful what you wish for

Previous researchers have argued that the social market for cigarettes insulates its participants from policies 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...