Response by adults to increases in cigarette prices by sociodemographic characteristics.
Cigarette excise taxes are widely viewed by health economists as an effective tool to reduce cigarette consumption. However, those opposed to increasing cigarette excise taxes often state that the taxes unfairly target certain segments of the population, notably the poor and minorities. Some of this...
| Publicado en: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 156 - 166 |
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Southern Economic Association
July 2001
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