Obesity, smoking, and cigarette taxes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Surveys

Sen, Anindya; Entezarkheir, Mahdiyeh; Wilson, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.04.003

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“…They use an instrumental variable approach and estimate that people who quit smoking gain around 1.8-1.9 BMI units in the long run. Sen et al (2010) exploit the differences between Canadian provinces to estimate the effects of cigarette taxes on smoking and obesity, using aggregate region-and individual-level health data. As in the preceding research, they find a positive correlation between larger tobacco taxes and obesity.…”

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“…The medical and clinical literature has generally asserted that smoking decreases weight, while quitting smoking leads to weight gain (Basterra-Gortari et al, 2010;Chiolero et al, 2008;Dare et al, 2015;Robertson, McGee, & Hancox, 2014;Tian, Venn, Otahal, & Gall, 2015;Williamson et al, 1991). Similarly, economists' studies such as Baum (2009); Baum and Chou (2011); Chou et al (2004); Courtemanche et al (2018); Fang et al (2009); Pieroni and Salmasi (2016); Rashad (2006); Sen et al (2010); Wehby et al (2012) also analyze the relationship between smoking and obesity. Baum (2009); Baum and Chou (2011); Chou et al (2004); Rashad (2006); Sen et al (2010) find that the increase in the real cost of cigarettes due to tobacco control policies has had a positive effect on obesity.…”

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“…Similarly, economists' studies such as Baum (2009); Baum and Chou (2011); Chou et al (2004); Courtemanche et al (2018); Fang et al (2009); Pieroni and Salmasi (2016); Rashad (2006); Sen et al (2010); Wehby et al (2012) also analyze the relationship between smoking and obesity. Baum (2009); Baum and Chou (2011); Chou et al (2004); Rashad (2006); Sen et al (2010) find that the increase in the real cost of cigarettes due to tobacco control policies has had a positive effect on obesity. 7 In particular, Chou et al (2004) study the determinants of BMI clustering by state and year, controlling for an individual's characteristics (e.g., age, race, household income, year of formal education, hours of work), alcohol and tobacco prices, as well as the number of fast food and full service restaurants and their prices.…”

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Trade-off between obesity and tobacco consumption

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Lara

Serio

2019

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Recent evidence suggests that obesity and tobacco prevalence rates are moving in the opposite direction. This study examines the causal relationship between these variables in Argentina. The effects of tobacco consumption on body weight are estimated by using instrumental variables to address endogeneity problems. To this end, the entry into force of provincial laws on tobacco control at different times are exploited. Our results show that smoking has a negative impact on three weight measures (BMI, weight in kilograms, obesity rate). This ﬁnding suggests that anti-smoking measures should be complemented with nutritional controls and the promotion of physical exercise.

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“…Finally, this framework reveals how cigarette costs can have income effects, via the budget constraint, even for those whose smoking is not affected by cigarette taxes (Sen et al, 2010). For these smokers, the cigarette taxes only act to reduce disposable income and cause income effects that are likely largest for those initially spending the largest proportion of their incomes on cigarettes, heavy smokers and low income individuals.…”

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“…see Courtemanche, 2009;Nonnemaker et al, 2009, andWehby andCourtemanche, 2012 for more extensive reviews). One mechanism is the aforementioned income effect, in which cigarette taxes lead to substitution towards cheaper but less nutritious food (Sen et al, 2010). Possible physiological mechanisms via smoking are the increased metabolism and suppressed appetite associated with smoking.…”

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Cigarette Taxes, Smoking-and Exercise?

Conway

Niles

2016

Health Econ.

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This research provides the first in-depth analysis of the effect that increased cigarette taxes have on exercise behavior. Smoking may diminish the ability to exercise; individuals may also use exercise to compensate for the harmful health effects of smoking or to avoid gaining weight if they cut back. Our conceptual model highlights these and several other avenues for effect and reveals that the predicted effect of cigarette costs on exercise behavior is theoretically ambiguous. To investigate the relationship empirically, 1994-2012 data from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system are combined with state level cigarette tax rates and other state level variables. Several measures of both smoking and exercise behavior are created and estimated in reduced form models. Our results suggest that both smoking and exercise are reduced by cigarette taxes. However, the effects on exercise may be more complicated as we find that certain groups, such as young adults or those who have recently quit smoking, are affected differently. Our analyses also show that the responsiveness of both smoking and exercise behavior to cigarette costs is much smaller in the 2000s, an era of high-tax increases. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Does quitting smoking increase obesity? Evidence that accounts for misreporting

Tchernis

Teltser

Teotia

2022

Southern Economic Journal

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Studying the relationship between smoking and obesity, the leading causes of preventable deaths in the U.S., helps assess the potential unintended consequences of policy efforts to reduce smoking. Because existing literature is mixed among studies using experimental and observational data, we investigate the role of misreporting in observational data. We use the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, cigarette taxes to instrument for smoking, and survey completion to instrument for misreporting. Starting with the seminal two‐stage least squares (2SLS) approach, our estimates similarly suggest quitting smoking substantially reduces body mass index (BMI). However, the relationship between cigarette taxes and BMI has shrunk over time, and the 2SLS estimates are sensitive to specification, functional form, and misreporting. Accounting for misreporting using the 2‐step estimator from Nguimkeu et al. (2019) yields estimates consistent with the experimental literature; quitting smoking modestly increases BMI. Our preferred estimate suggests reduced smoking accounts for 6% of the concurrent rise in obesity.

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Obesity, smoking, and cigarette taxes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Surveys

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Trade-off between obesity and tobacco consumption

Trade-off between obesity and tobacco consumption

Cigarette Taxes, Smoking-and Exercise?

Does quitting smoking increase obesity? Evidence that accounts for misreporting

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