Clean indoor air laws, cigarette excise taxes, and smoking

Publication date: Available online 4 June 2019Source: Preventive MedicineAuthor(s): Ramin Mojtabai, Kira E. Riehm, Joanna E. Cohen, G. Caleb Alexander, Lainie RutkowAbstractThere was a marked increase in the number and coverage of state and local clean indoor air laws in the US during the past fifteen years. These laws coincided with increases in federal, state, and local cigarette excise taxes. In light of these changes, the objective of this study was to examine the association between clean indoor air laws, cigarette excise taxes and smoking patterns between 2003 and 2011. Using data on 62,165 adult participants in the 2003 and 2010/2011 Current Population Survey-Tobacco Use Supplement who reported smoking cigarettes in the past year, we examined the association of state and local workplace, bar, and restaurant clean indoor air laws and cigarette excise taxes with quitting and current every-day smoking. Between 2003 and 2011, quitting increased and daily smoking among those who continued to smoke decreased significantly. Participants living in states and localities with higher excise taxes and more comprehensive clean indoor air laws had a higher likelihood of quitting and lower likelihood of everyday smoking. Changes in taxes and laws accounted for 64.8% of the increase in smoking cessation and all of the reduction in everyday smoking. Implementation of state and local clean indoor air laws and cigarette taxes appears to have achieved the intended goal of encouraging smok...
Source: Preventive Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research