Ringel J S, Evans W N
RAND Corp, Santa Monica, Calif, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2001 Nov;91(11):1851-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.91.11.1851.
This study sought to estimate how changes in state cigarette excise taxes affect the smoking behavior of pregnant women.
Detailed information about mothers and their pregnancy was used to examine the impact of taxes on the propensity of pregnant women to smoke. The 1989 to 1995 Natality Detail Files were used in conducting analyses to assess the impact of taxes on smoking among different subpopulations.
Higher cigarette excise taxes reduced smoking rates among pregnant women. A tax hike of $0.55 per pack would reduce maternal smoking by about 22%. Overall, a 10% increase in price would reduce smoking rates by 7%. Estimates for subpopulations suggested that nearly all would be very responsive to tax changes, including the subpopulations with the highest smoking rates.
Smoking rates among pregnant women are responsive to tax hikes.
本研究旨在估计各州香烟消费税的变化如何影响孕妇的吸烟行为。
利用有关母亲及其孕期的详细信息，研究税收对孕妇吸烟倾向的影响。分析使用了1989年至1995年的出生详细档案，以评估税收对不同亚人群吸烟情况的影响。
较高的香烟消费税降低了孕妇的吸烟率。每包香烟消费税提高0.55美元，孕妇吸烟率将降低约22%。总体而言，价格上涨10%，吸烟率将降低7%。对亚人群的估计表明，几乎所有人对税收变化都非常敏感，包括吸烟率最高的亚人群。
孕妇吸烟率对税收提高有反应。
