Effects of Public Policy on Adolescents Cigar Use: Evidence From the National Youth Tobacco Survey
Jeanne S. Ringel, PhD,
Jeffrey Wasserman, PhD and
Tatiana Andreyeva, MA
Jeanne S. Ringel and Jeffrey Wasserman are with RAND, Santa Monica, Calif. Tatiana Andreyeva is with the Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, Calif.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jeanne S. Ringel, PhD, RAND, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 (e-mail: ringel{at}rand.org).
To determine the effect of prices and regulations on youth cigardemand, we estimated logistic regression models of the probabilityof current cigar smoking among students in grades 6 to 12 withdata from the 1999 and 2000 waves of the National Youth TobaccoSurvey. We found that youth cigar demand is sensitive to pricebut not state tobacco-control regulations. The results suggestedthat raising excise taxes on cigars could reduce cigar use prevalenceamong youths.
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