Higher price, fewer packs: evaluating a tobacco tax increase with cigarette sales data.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302438 and PMC identifier 4330861.
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Abstract
In 2013, Minnesota increased cigarette taxes by $1.75, the largest US state increase since 2000. We obtained convenience store data of cigarette sales from January 2012 to December 2013 from the Nielsen Company. Analysis revealed significantly greater year-to-year reductions in numbers of packs purchased during posttax (-12.1%) than pretax (-3.2%; P<.001) periods. The results provide contemporary evidence that, despite reduced prevalence and increased tobacco control efforts, tax increases remain an effective tobacco control strategy.
Medical subject headings
- Commerce
- Smoking
- Taxes
- Tobacco Products