Higher price, fewer packs: evaluating a tobacco tax increase with cigarette sales data

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 purc...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-03, Vol.105 (3), p.e5-e8
Main Authors: Amato, Michael S, Boyle, Raymond G, Brock, Betsy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cigarettes
Commerce - economics
Commerce - statistics & numerical data
Convenience stores
Elasticity of demand
Government
Health Law
Health Policy
Humans
Minnesota
Online Public Health Policy Briefs
Price elasticity
Public health
Retail sales
Smoking - economics
Smoking Prevention
Tax increases
Taxes - economics
Tobacco
Tobacco Control
Tobacco Products - economics
Tobacco Products - statistics & numerical data
Wisconsin
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Summary: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
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302438