Is smoking delayed smoking averted?
Antismoking efforts often target teenagers in the hope of producing a new generation of never smokers. Teenagers are more responsive to tobacco taxes than are adults. The author summarizes recent evidence suggesting that delaying smoking initiation among teenagers through higher taxes does not generate proportionate reductions in prevalence rates through adulthood. In consequence, the impact of taxes on smoking among youths overstates the potential long-term public health effects of this tobacco control strategy.
Glied
Sherry
S
Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. sag1@columbia.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D015995:Prevalence; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013995:Time; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology