The effect of e-cigarette taxes on pre-pregnancy and prenatal smoking |
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| Authors: | Rahi Abouk Scott Adams Bo Feng Johanna Catherine Maclean Michael F Pesko |
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| Institution: | 1. William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey, United States;2. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States;3. American Institutes for Research, Columbia, Maryland, United States;4. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States;5. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
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| Abstract: | E-cigarette taxes are an active area of legislation and have important regulatory implications by proxying e-cigarette accessibility. We examine the effect of e-cigarette taxes on prepregnancy and prenatal smoking using the near-universe of births to mothers conceiving between 2013 and 2019 in the United States. Using fixed effect regressions, we show that e-cigarette taxes increase prepregnancy and prenatal smoking. We also find evidence that e-cigarette taxes reduce prepregnancy and 3rd trimester e-cigarette use. Finally, we show that e-cigarette taxes increase news coverage of e-cigarettes and raise perceptions of risk of e-cigarettes. |
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