TY  - JOUR
AU  - Farrelly,Matthew C.
AU  - Pechacek,Terry F.
AU  - Chaloupka,Frank J.
TI  - The Impact of Tobacco Control Program Expenditures on Aggregate Cigarette Sales: 1981-1998
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 8691
PY  - 2001
Y2  - December 2001
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8691
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8691.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Frank J. Chaloupka, IV
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Economics (m/c 144)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
601 S. Morgan Street, Room 713
Chicago, IL  60607-7121
Tel: 312/413-2287
Fax: 312/996-3344;630/801-8870
E-Mail: fjc@uic.edu
AB  - Since the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between states and the tobacco industry, states have unprecedented resources for programs to reduce tobacco use. Decisions concerning the use of these funds will, in part, be based on the experiences of states with existing programs. We review the experiences of several states that have adopted comprehensive tobacco control programs. We also report estimates from econometric analyses of the impact of tobacco control expenditures on aggregate tobacco use in all states and in selected states with comprehensive programs for the period from 1981 through 1998. Our analyses clearly show that increases in funding for state tobacco control programs reduce tobacco use.
ER  -