Do E-Cigarette Retail Licensure Laws Reduce Tobacco Use?

Dr. Sabia acknowledges research support for this work from the Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies (CHEPS) at San Diego State University (SDSU), which has received grants from the Charles Koch Foundation. This study was funded, in part, with a grant from the Foundation for a Smoke- Free World, Inc. ("FSFW'), a U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) private foundation, now known as Global Action to End Smoking. This study is, under the terms of the grant agreement with FSFW, editorially independent of FSFW. The contents, selection and presentation of facts, as well as any opinions expressed herein, are the sole responsibility of the authors and under no circumstances should they be regarded as reflecting the positions of FSFW. FSFW's mission is to end smoking in this generation. Dr. Sabia also acknowledges research support from a subcontract by Georgia State University in 2023 – via a grant received from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01DA045016 – to support exploratory work on this project. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank Erik Nesson and Chad Cotti for sharing their ENDS tax data with us. We thank Anthony Chuo and Christian Pryfogle for outstanding research assistance. All errors are the authors’. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• May 10, 2024