TY  - JOUR
AU  - Moore,Michael J.
TI  - Death and Tobacco Taxes
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5153
PY  - 1995
Y2  - June 1995
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5153
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5153.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Michael J. Moore
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Polic
University of Virginia
Charlottesville VA 22904
E-Mail: mjm8w@virginia.edu
AB  - This study analyzes the effects of tobacco excise tax changes on mortality due to heart disease, cancer, and asthma.  Reduced form regressions of mortality rates on tax data for the years 1954-1988, with controls for state, year, income, and unobserved persistence, indicate that tax increases lead to statistically significant decreases in mortality.  A 10% increase in the tax is projected to save approximately 5200 lives a year.
ER  -