Cigarette Taxes and Smoking Participation: Evidence from Recent Tax Increases in Canada
Cigarette Taxes and Smoking Participation: Evidence from Recent Tax Increases in Canada
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph8051583
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发表时间：
2011-05-01
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通讯作者：
Sharaf, Mesbah
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作者：
Azagba, Sunday;Sharaf, Mesbah
利用加拿大国家人口健康调查和最近加拿大各省之间的税收差异，本文考察了卷烟税对吸烟参与度的影响。与文献一致的是，我们发现了不同吸烟者群体对香烟税反应不一的证据。与大多数研究相反，我们发现中年群体--我们样本中吸烟者的最大比例--在很大程度上对税收没有反应。尽管香烟税作为一项反吸烟措施仍然受到政策制定者的欢迎，但确定对增税反应不同的吸烟者的社会人口特征将有助于设计适当的辅助措施来减少吸烟。
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.