Table 2.
Cigarette Taxes and Youth Cigarette Use, 1991–2017
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current Cigarette User | Current Cigarette User | Current Cigarette User | Frequent Cigarette User | Frequent Cigarette User | Frequent Cigarette User | |
Cigarette Tax | −0.010*** (0.002) | −0.008*** (0.003) | −0.006** (0.002) | −0.007*** (0.002) | −0.006*** (0.002) | −0.005*** (0.001) |
Mean | 0.179 | 0.179 | 0.179 | 0.075 | 0.075 | 0.075 |
Individual-level covariates | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
State-level covariates | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Notes: Each column represents an average marginal effect from a logit regression based on data from the YRBS for the period 1991–2017. The individual- and state-level covariates are listed in Table 1. All models control for state fixed effects and year fixed effects. Dependent variable means are reported. Standard errors, corrected for clustering at the state level, are in parentheses. N = 1,463,998. Asterisks denote significance at the 1% (***), 5% (**), and 10% (*) levels.