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The Effect of Cigarette Excise Taxes on Smoking Before, During and After Pregnancy / Greg Coleman, Michael Grossman, Ted Joyce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, Greg.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9245.
- NBER working paper series no. w9245
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2002.
- Summary:
- Recent analyses suggest that cigarette excise taxes lower prenatal smoking. It is unclear, however, whether the association between taxes and prenatal smoking represents a decline among women of reproductive age or a particular response by pregnant women. We address this question directly with an analysis of quit and relapse behavior during and after pregnancy. We find that the price elasticity of prenatal quitting and postpartum relapse is close to one in absolute value. We conclude that direct financial incentives to stop smoking during and after pregnancy should be considered.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- October 2002.
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