PPT Slide
Lower SES populations are more
- Growing international evidence shows that cigarette
smoking is most price responsive in lowest income
- Evidence from U.S. and U.K. shows that cigarette price
increases have greatest impact on smoking among
lowest income and least educated populations
- In U.S., for example, estimates indicate that smoking
in households below median income level about 70%
more responsive to price than those above median
income level
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Implies tax increases may be progressive
Sources: Farrelly, et al., 1999; Chaloupka et al., 2000