ISSN: 2056-3736 (Online Version) | 2056-3728 (Print Version)
Fabrizio Rossi, Richard J. Cebula and Don Capener
Correspondence: Richard J. Cebula, dr.richardcebula@gmail.com
Davis College of Business, Jacksonville University, USA
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Within the context of the fixed-effects model, this study uses a2002-2007state-levelpanel dataset of the United States to investigate the relative effectiveness of real (constant-dollar) federal cigarette excise taxation versus real (constant-dollar) state cigarette excise taxation in reducing cigarette smoking in the United States. The empirical estimates in this study find that each of two aggregate measures of the extent of cigarette smoking, namely, the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per capita annually and the percentage of the population classified as smokers, is a decreasing function of both the federal cigarette excise tax and the state cigarette excise tax. However, it is also found that a given percentage increase in there all federal excise tax has a much greater negative impact on both the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per capita annually and the magnitude of the percentage of the population classified as smokers than does an equal percentage increase in the real state cigarette excise tax.
cigarette smoking, federal cigarette excise taxation, state cigarette excise taxation
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