urgeon General’s report, private and public health officials have waged an aggressive campaign against tobacco

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Q1 Cigarette Smoking and Public Policy

5 Points Since the release of the 1964 Surgeon General’s report, private and public health officials have waged an aggressive campaign against tobacco use. This campaign has included policies as diverse as restrictions on advertising, antismoking public service announcements, education programs, youth-access restrictions, and smoking bans in public places. In aggregate, these policies appear to have achieved some measure of success. Over the past 20 years, per capita cigarette consumption and the fraction of adult smokers have declined considerably. One policy instrument that has received a considerable amount of attention in the last two decades is higher excise taxes on cigarettes. For instance, between 1990 and 2003, there were approximately 113 increases in state excise taxes on cigarettes. Over that time, the average state tax on cigarettes has increased from 23 to 73 cents/pack. The interest in trying to reduce smoking through higher taxes is spurred on in part by a large body of economic research showing that cigarette consumption falls after price or tax hikes. In this homework assignment, you will use cross-section data for all 50 U.S. states to predict the proportion of the population that smokes cigarettes. In particular, we will investigate the claim that higher excise taxes on cigarettes are good predictor of cigarette smoking

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