The effect of the 1998 master settlement on prenatal smoking
By: Douglas E. Levy, Ellen Meara.
Contributors: Meara, Ellen.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11176; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11176.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Pregnant women -- Tobacco use -- United States.; Tobacco industry -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Cigarette industry -- Government policy -- United States.; Cigarette smoke -- Health aspects -- United States.; Cigarettes -- Prices -- United States.
Description: "The Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the major tobacco companies and 46 states created an abrupt 45 cent (21%) increase in cigarette prices in November, 1998.  Earlier estimates of the elasticity of prenatal smoking implied that the price rise would reduce prenatal cigarette smoking by 7% to 21%.  Using birth records on 10 million U.S.  births between January 1996 and February 2000, we examined the change in smoking during pregnancy and conditional smoking intensity in response to the MSA.  Overall, adjusting for secular trends in smoking, prenatal smoking declined much less than predicted in response to the MSA"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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