Amato Michael S, Boyle Raymond G, Brock Betsy
Michael S. Amato and Raymond G. Boyle are with ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Betsy Brock is with the Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota, Saint Paul.
Am J Public Health. 2015 Mar;105(3):e5-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302438. Epub 2015 Jan 20.
In 2013, Minnesota increased cigarette taxes by $1.75, the largest US state increase since 2000. We obtained convenience store data of cigarette sales from January 2012 to December 2013 from the Nielsen Company. Analysis revealed significantly greater year-to-year reductions in numbers of packs purchased during posttax (-12.1%) than pretax (-3.2%; P<.001) periods. The results provide contemporary evidence that, despite reduced prevalence and increased tobacco control efforts, tax increases remain an effective tobacco control strategy.
2013年,明尼苏达州将香烟税提高了1.75美元,这是自2000年以来美国各州最大幅度的增税。我们从尼尔森公司获取了2012年1月至2013年12月便利店香烟销售数据。分析显示,税后期间购买香烟包数的同比降幅(-12.1%)显著大于税前期间(-3.2%;P<0.001)。结果提供了当代证据,表明尽管吸烟率降低且烟草控制力度加大,但提高税收仍然是一种有效的烟草控制策略。