Joint impact of cigarette taxes and smoke-free laws on youth cigarette smoking and related disparities in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the impact of cigarette taxes on youth smoking in counties with and without workplace and hospitality smoke-free laws.

Methods

Using a nationally representative sample of 8th, 10th and 12th graders from the 2001-2021 Monitoring the Future study, we investigated the interaction of taxes and smoke-free policies on cigarette smoking participation, initiation and intention, examining differences by sociodemographic factors (sex, race and ethnicity, parental education, college educational expectations). We stratified models by grade, estimating the average marginal effects (AMEs) using modified Poisson regression with a sandwich variance estimator.

Results

Among 12th graders, higher taxes were associated with lower past 30-day smoking, and the relation

SUBMITTER: Vander Woude C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12353408 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature