title: Effects of public policy on adolescents' cigar use: evidence from the National Youth Tobacco Survey.
abstract: To determine the effect of prices and regulations on youth cigar demand, we estimated logistic regression models of the probability of current cigar smoking among students in grades 6 to 12 with data from the 1999 and 2000 waves of the National Youth Tobacco Survey. We found that youth cigar demand is sensitive to price but not state tobacco-control regulations. The results suggested that raising excise taxes on cigars could reduce cigar use prevalence among youths.
authors.affiliation: RAND, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA. ringel@rand.org
authors.forename: Jeanne S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ringel
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andreyeva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011640:Public Policy; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology