Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply
利用美国NHANES和CARDIA数据，发现香烟消费税和价格变化会影响吸烟者每支烟的尼古丁提取量，且吸烟强度是长期戒烟行为的重要决定因素。
This paper shows that smoking intensity, i.e. the amount of nicotine extracted per cigarette smoked, responds to changes in excise taxes and tobacco prices. We exploit NHANES data covering the period 1988 to 2006 across many US states. Moreover, using panel data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, we provide new evidence on the importance of cotinine measures in explaining long-run smoking behavior. We show the importance of smoking intensity as a long-run determinant of smoking cessation. We also investigate the sensitivity of smoking cessation to changes in excise taxes and their interaction with smoking intensity.