John A. Tauras, PhD,
Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD,
Matthew C. Farrelly, PhD,
Gary A. Giovino, PhD,
Melanie Wakefield, PhD,
Lloyd D. Johnston, PhD,
Patrick M. OMalley, PhD,
Deborah D. Kloska, MA and
Terry F. Pechacek, PhD
John A. Tauras is with the Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. Frank J. Chaloupka is with the Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Policy Center, and ImpacTeen: A Policy Research Partnership to Reduce Youth Substance Abuse. Matthew C. Farrelly is with the Public Health Economics and Policy Research Program, Research Triangle Institute. Gary A. Giovino is with the Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. Melanie Wakefield is with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Victoria, Australia. Lloyd D. Johnston, Patrick M. OMalley, and Deborah D. Kloska are with the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Terry F. Pechacek is with the Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to John A. Tauras, PhD, Department of Economics (m/c 144), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan, Chicago, IL 606077121 (e-mail: tauras{at}uic.edu).
Objective. We examined the relationship between state-leveltobacco control expenditures and youth smoking prevalence andcigarette consumption.
Methods. We estimated a 2-part model of cigarette demand usingdata from the 1991 through 2000 nationally representative surveysof 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students as part of the Monitoringthe Future project.
Results. We found that real per capita expenditures on tobaccocontrol had a negative and significant impact on youth smokingprevalence and on the average number of cigarettes smoked bysmokers.
Conclusions. Had states represented by the Monitoring the Futuresample and the District of Columbia spent the minimum amountof money recommended by the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, the prevalence of smoking among youths would havebeen between 3.3% and 13.5% lower than the rate we observedover this period.
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