title: First-year impact of the 1989 California cigarette tax increase on cigarette consumption.
abstract: We employed a time series design to evaluate the impact of the 1989 California cigarette tax increase on cigarette consumption in California. Adult per capita consumption data from 1980 to 1990 were analyzed for California and the United States. Trend data indicated a sharp drop in California cigarette consumption coincident with the tax increase. Time-series regression analyses support this observation, and suggest that a 5% to 7% decline in consumption is attributable to the tax increase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Flewelling
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kenney
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Bal
mesh_terms: D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012928:Social Desirability; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics*; D014026:Nicotiana