IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/10.2105-ajph.2013.301213_0.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The impact of cigarette excise tax increases on purchasing behaviors among New York City smokers

Author

Listed:
  • Coady, M.H.
  • Chan, C.A.
  • Sacks, R.
  • Mbamalu, I.G.
  • Kansagra, S.M.

Abstract

Objectives. We examined the relationship between cigarette excise tax increases and tax-avoidant purchasing behaviors among New York City adult smokers. Methods. We analyzed data from the city's annual Community Health Survey to assess changes in rates of tax avoidance over time (2003-2010) and smokers' responses to the 2008 state cigarette tax increase. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified correlates of buying more cigarettes on the street in response to the increase. Results. After the 2002 tax increase, the percentage of smokers engaged in tax-avoidant behavior decreased with time from 30% in 2003 to 13% in 2007. Following the 2008 tax increase, 21% of smokers reported buying more cigarettes from another person on the street. Low-income, younger, Black, and Hispanic smokers were more likely than respondents with other sociodemographic characteristics to purchase more cigarettes on the street. Conclusions. To maximize public health impact, cigarette tax increases should be paired with efforts to limit the flow of untaxed cigarettes entering jurisdictions with high cigarette pack prices.

Suggested Citation

  • Coady, M.H. & Chan, C.A. & Sacks, R. & Mbamalu, I.G. & Kansagra, S.M., 2013. "The impact of cigarette excise tax increases on purchasing behaviors among New York City smokers," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(6), pages 54-60.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301213_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301213
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301213
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301213?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. James E. Prieger, 2023. "Tax noncompliance: The role of tax morale in smokers' behavior," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 41(4), pages 653-673, October.
    2. Hyunchul Kim & Dongwon Lee, 2021. "Racial demographics and cigarette tax shifting: evidence from scanner data," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 61(2), pages 1011-1037, August.
    3. Ferrer, Rebecca A. & Orehek, Edward & Scheier, Michael F. & O'Connell, Mary E., 2018. "Cigarette tax rates, behavioral disengagement, and quit ratios among daily smokers," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 13-21.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301213_0. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.