Price, Tobacco Control Policies and Youth Smoking presented by Frank J. Chaloupka University of Illinois at Chicago at The Fourth Annual Tobacco Use Prevention Summer Institute Tobacco Use Epidemiology Section Chaired by Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH, and Andrew Hyland, MA July 26-31, 1998 Albuquerque, NM ABSTRACT Dr. Chaloupka discussed the effectiveness of several tobacco control policies in discouraging cigarette smoking among youths. Among them, increased cigarette excise taxes, which result in higher cigarette prices, restrictions on smoking in public places and at private worksites, and limits on the availability of tobacco products to youths. Estimates imply that large cigarette excise tax increases would lead to significant reductions in overall cigarette demand, and sizable increases in cigarette tax revenues.   Overheads NBER Working Paper No. 5740 Back to Top