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[...] cigarettes deliver an estimated $40 in combined personal and societal harm per pack, so most cigarette prices must rise over 1000% before smoker expenditures equal harms from each pack smoked.2 Second, given the high harm per pack, the observed recent cigarette pack price elasticity (i.e., the...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2008-03, Vol.98 (3), p.388-389
Main Author: Leistikow, Bruce N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Cigarettes
Disease control
Disease prevention
Editors
Health Care Costs
Health Expenditures
Health sciences
Health Status
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Letter
Lung cancer
Minority & ethnic groups
Mortality
Population Surveillance
Poverty
Public health
Smoking
Smoking - economics
Socioeconomic Factors
Taxes
Tobacco
Tobacco smoke
United States
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Summary:[...] cigarettes deliver an estimated $40 in combined personal and societal harm per pack, so most cigarette prices must rise over 1000% before smoker expenditures equal harms from each pack smoked.2 Second, given the high harm per pack, the observed recent cigarette pack price elasticity (i.e., the change in percentage of smokers relative to a 1%change in cigarette pack price) of -0.14 for the lowest income quartile1 seems fairly clinically significant, albeit less statistically significant. 1 So, for the lowest income quartile, this study both shows somewhat likely benefits from cigarette price increases and was grossly underpowered to rule out clinically significant benefits.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2007.127977