Replication data for: The Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco Products, Tar, and Nicotine Purchases among Adults: Evidence from Household Panel Data

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Chad Cotti; Erik Nesson; Nathan Tefft

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Project Citation:

Cotti, Chad, Nesson, Erik, and Tefft, Nathan. Replication data for: The Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco Products, Tar, and Nicotine Purchases among Adults: Evidence from Household Panel Data. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114652V1

Project Description

Summary: We analyze the Nielsen Household Consumer Panel to estimate the effects of tobacco policies on tobacco-related purchases using within-household variation. We also match purchases to cigarette contents from NHANES. Higher cigarette taxes reduce cigarette purchases and increase smoking cessation product purchases, while estimates of smoking ban effects are less precisely estimated. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) taxes lead to reductions in SLT use but also lead to substitution among SLT products. We find evidence that cigarette taxes induce purchases of cigarettes with higher tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide contents, but this compensatory behavior is overwhelmed by the reduction in cigarettes purchased.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: nicotine; smoking; taxes; cigarettes; tobacco

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      H25 Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
      H31 Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      L66 Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2004 – 2012

Universe: All households in the United States.

Data Type(s): survey data; event/transaction data

Methodology

Data Source: The Nielsen Household Consumer Panel and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Unit(s) of Observation: Household,

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V1 [2019-10-13]

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