Higher Price, Fewer Packs

Evaluating a Tobacco Tax Increase With Cigarette Sales Data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11025847
AutoresMichael S Amato (0000-0002-9769-957X, Michael S. Amato and Raymond G. Boyle are with ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Betsy Brock is with the Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota, Saint Paul.), Raymond G Boyle (0000-0002-3532-9581, Michael S. Amato and Raymond G. Boyle are with ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Betsy Brock is with the Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota, Saint Paul.), Betsy Brock (Michael S. Amato and Raymond G. Boyle are with ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Betsy Brock is with the Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota, Saint Paul.)
Año2015
Volumen105
Número3
Páginase5-e8
Fecha de publicación2015-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302438
PMID25602874
OpenAlexW2043174156
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas8

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 The results provide contemporary evidence that, despite reduced prevalence and increased tobacco control efforts, tax increases remain an effective tobacco control strategy

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