The effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales, 1955 to 1988.

Peterson, Do; Zeger, Scott L.; Remington, Patrick L.; Anderson, H

doi:10.2105/ajph.82.1.94

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“…These associations are consistent with previous studies showing the positive contribution of tobacco taxes and clean-air bylaws to tobacco control1 3 6 7 11 12 16-18 20 21 and the greater price sensitivity of men than women 3. Although there is much less literature on the sex specific effects of smoking restrictions, our finding that women's smoking is more strongly associated than men's with the existence of clean air laws is consistent with results from the Massachusetts Tobacco Survey3 but inconsistent with an earlier study by Chaloupka 34.…”

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Comprehensive tobacco control policies and the smoking behaviour of Canadian adults

Stephens

Pederson²,

Koval³

et al. 2001

Tob Control

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Objective-To examine the associations of cigarette prices, restrictions on public smoking, and health education with the odds of adult smoking and amount smoked daily. Design-Multi-level analysis of adult (age 25+) smoking patterns in Canada's National Population Health Survey, after adding administrative data on prices, bylaws, and health education according to the survey respondent's place of residence. Setting/subjects-Population based sample of Canadians age 25+ in households (n = 14 355). Outcome measures-Smoking status, amount consumed daily. Analysis-Logistic regression for smoking status, multiple regression for amount smoked, with controls for age, education, marital status; separate analyses for men and women. Results-Cigarette prices were positively associated with the odds of being a non-smoker and negatively with amount smoked, for adults of both sexes. Per capita health education expenditures were positively associated with the odds of being a non-smoker and negatively with amount smoked-for men but not women. The restrictiveness of municipal bylaws limiting public smoking was positively associated with the odds of being a non-smoker and negatively with amount smoked-for women but not men. These results are independent of age, education, and marital status. Conclusions-To be eVective, tobacco control must comprise a mix of strategies as men and women respond diVerently to health education and restrictions on public smoking; taxation, reflected in higher cigarette prices, is the only one of these measures related to smoking for both sexes. This model permits calculations of the level of increase in each measure that is required to reduce the prevalence of smoking by a specified amount. (Tobacco Control 2001;10:317-322)

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Comprehensive tobacco control policies and the smoking behaviour of Canadian adults

Stephens

Pederson²,

Koval³

et al. 2001

Tob Control

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“…3 It is not surprising that 10-year price increases had no effect on smoking prevalence in our analysis, since smokers presumably adjust to higher prices over such a long time. It is more surprising that 1-year price increases, which varied from $7.10 to $14.43 (Canadian dollars) in 1991, depending on province of residence, were not significantly related to prevalence.…”

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The relationship of cigarette prices and no-smoking bylaws to the prevalence of smoking in Canada.

Stephens¹,

Pederson²,

Koval³

et al. 1997

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze the association of cigarette prices and no-smoking bylaws with the prevalence of smoking. METHODS: Data on individual smoking status were taken from two national household surveys in Canada. Current cigarette price, the 1-year and 10-year increase in price, and the extent of local restrictions on public smoking were added to the model. Logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of being a smoker. RESULTS: The odds ratio for being a smoker was 1.21 where no-smoking by-laws were relatively infrequent and 1.26 when cigarettes were relatively inexpensive, after adjusting for individual age, sex, education, and marital status. CONCLUSIONS: Both cigarette prices and no-smoking bylaws are effective in controlling smoking; either alone will likely have less impact than the two measures together.

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“…First, some previous studies (e.g., Meier and Licari, 1997) have used cross-sectional designs to compare tobacco consumption rates across jurisdictions, while others have used longitudinal data, comparing rates of consumer demand for tobacco products within a given political jurisdiction before and after a tax increase (e.g., Hu et al, 1995;Peterson et al, 1992;Sung et al, 2005). Both these designs remain ''non-interpretable'' (Shadish et al, 2002), especially as some of these data were obtained in populations in which the demand for tobacco is already declining (Flewelling et al, 1992), thereby rendering any conclusions about the effects of tax or price increases tentative at best.…”

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confidence: 99%