title: The public health benefit of increasing tobacco taxes in New York State.
abstract: The 1989-1990 New York State budget increased the tax on a package of cigarettes from 21 to 33 cents. In this paper we estimate the impact of this tax increase on smoking prevalence and smoking-induced deaths in New York State. Findings show that 115,967 New Yorkers will be encouraged to quit or not start smoking as a result of the increased cigarette tax. The reduced prevalence of smoking attributed to the tax will result in the avoidance of approximately 28,992 premature smoking-induced deaths over the next generation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciandra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014026:Nicotiana