Background: To assess the potential impact of a tax-induced cigarette price increase on financial and health outcomes … was employed to evaluate: [1] health benefits (premature deaths averted); [2] health expenditures regarding smoking … quintiles. Conclusion: Increasing cigarette tax can provide health and financial benefits, and would be pro-poor in terms of …

of cigarette taxes warn that tax hikes will cause youths to substitute toward marijuana. On the other hand, public health …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 …