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Reducing Tobacco Use Initiation: Increasing the Unit Price of Tobacco Products

Included Studies

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Response to increases in cigarette prices by race/ethnicity, income, and age groups—United States, 1976–1993. MMWR 1998;47:605–9.

Chaloupka FJ, Pacula RL. Sex and race differences in young people’s responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies. Tob Control 1999;8:373–7.

Chaloupka FJ, Wechsler H. Price, tobacco control policies and smoking among young adults. J Health Econ 1997;16:359–73.

Gruber J. Youth smoking in the US: prices and policies. Available at: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W7506. Accessed December 20, 2000.

Lewit EM, Coate D, Grossman M. The effects of government regulation on teenage smoking. J Polit Econ 1981;24:545–70.

Lewit EM, Hyland A, Kerrebrock N, Cummings KM. Price, public policy, and smoking in young people. Tob Control 1997;6(suppl 2):S17–24.

Ohsfeldt RL, Boyle RG, Capilouto E. Effects of tobacco excise taxes on the use of smokeless tobacco products in the USA. Health Educ 1997;6:525–31.

Wasserman J, Manning WG, Newhouse JP, Winkler JD. The effects of excise taxes and regulations on cigarette smoking. J Health Econ 1991;10:43–64.