Cigarette taxes and smoking participation: Evidence from recent tax increases in Canada
Auteurs: Sunday Azagba et Mesbah Sharaf
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Résumé (anglais)
Using the Canadian National Population Health Survey and the recent tax variation across Canadian provinces, this paper examines the impact of cigarette taxes on smoking participation. Consistent with the literature, we find evidence of a heterogeneous response to cigarette taxes among different groups of smokers. Contrary to most studies, we find that the middle age group-which constitutes the largest fraction of smokers in our sample-is largely unresponsive to taxes. While cigarette taxes remain popular with policy makers as an anti-smoking measure, identifying the socio-demographic characteristics of smokers who respond differentially to tax increase will help in designing appropriate supplementary measures to reduce smoking.
Détails
Type | Article de journal |
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Auteur | Sunday Azagba et Mesbah Sharaf |
Année de pulication | 2011 |
Titre | Cigarette taxes and smoking participation: Evidence from recent tax increases in Canada |
Volume | 8 |
Nom du Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Numéro | 5 |
Pages | 1583-1600 |
Langue de publication | Anglais |
- Sunday Azagba
- Sunday Azagba et Mesbah Sharaf
- Cigarette taxes and smoking participation: Evidence from recent tax increases in Canada
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- 8
- 2011
- 5
- 1583-1600