cigarette taxes is associated with an 8 percent reduction in adult smoking participation and a 6 percent reduction in mortality …Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti-smoking … policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to …

cigarette smoking. We conclude that the unintended effects of ENDS taxation may considerably undercut or even outweigh any …Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has … estimated ENDS tax elasticities of -0.06 to -0.21. However, we estimate sizable positive cigarette cross-tax effects, suggesting …