Higher Price, Fewer Packs: Evaluating a Tobacco Tax Increase With Cigarette Sales Data.

• Autores: Michael S. Amato, Raymond Boyle, Betsy Brock
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 105, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 5-8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 2013, Minnesota increased cigarette taxes by $1.75, the largest US state increase since 2000. We obtained convenience store data of cigarette sales from January 2012 to December 2013 from the Nielsen Company. Analysis revealed significantly greater year-to-year reductions in numbers of packs purchased during posttax (-12.1%) than pretax (-3.2%; P < .001) periods. The results provide contemporary evidence that, despite reduced prevalence and increased tobacco control efforts, tax increases remain an effective tobacco control strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]