The Land of 10 000 Tobacco Products: How Minnesota Led the Way in Regulating Tobacco Products

Advancing Knowledge on Regulating Tobacco Products

The taxation of tobacco products

This chapter reviews a variety of issues related to the taxation of cigarettes and other tobacco products. The empirical evidence showing that higher cigarette taxes result in higher cigarette prices is reviewed. This is followed by a discussion of the econometric literature examining the impact of prices and taxes on the demands for tobacco products. The small but growing body of research for ...

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines in new tobacco products.

New tobacco products, designed to attract consumers who are concerned about the health effects of tobacco, have been appearing on the market. Objective evaluation of these products requires, as a first step, data on their potentially toxic constituents. Tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) are an important class of carcinogens in tobacco products, but virtually no data were available on their ...

Federal regulation of tobacco products and products that treat tobacco dependence: are the playing fields level?

Improving public health by more effectively regulating tobacco products.