We study the effects of traditional cigarette tax rate changes and e-cigarette tax adoption on use of these products … among U.S. adults. Data are drawn from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and National Health Interview Survey … data over the period 2011 to 2017. Using a differences-in-differences model, we find that higher traditional cigarette …

We study the effects of traditional cigarette and e-cigarette taxes on use of these products among adults in the United … period 2011 to 2018. Using two-way fixed effects models, we find evidence that higher traditional cigarette tax rates reduce … adult traditional cigarette use and increase adult e-cigarette use. Similarly, we find that higher e-cigarette tax rates …

dissuasive tools. We examine violations of this assumption in a particular policy domain: discouraging smoking with cigarette … in cigarette consumption in a manner that could be confused with price effects. Our results suggest that price effects …

dissuasive tools. We examine violations of this assumption in a particular policy domain: discouraging smoking with cigarette … in cigarette consumption in a manner that could be confused with price effects. Our results suggest that price effects …

declines in premium cigarette purchases. However, even among the premium consumers with the most to gain from switching, about …