Effects of Public Policy on Adolescents' Cigar Use: Evidence From the National Youth Tobacco Survey.
Ringel, Jeanne S. PhD; Wasserman, Jeffrey PhD; Andreyeva, Tatiana MA
[Miscellaneous] American Journal of Public Health. GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL. 95(6):995-998, June 2005.

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To determine the effect of prices and regulations on youth cigar demand, we estimated logistic regression models of the probability of current cigar smoking among students in grades 6 to 12 with data from the 1999 and 2000 waves of the National Youth Tobacco Survey. We found that youth cigar demand is sensitive to price but not state tobacco-control regulations. The results suggested that raising excise taxes on cigars could reduce cigar use prevalence among youths.

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