Differential Taxes for Differential Risks—Toward Reduced Harm from Nicotine-Yielding Products

Our Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for differential taxes on cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and other nicotine-yielding products based on their level of risk. Such a move could hasten reductions in cigarette use and, ultimately, the disease and deaths it causes.

Read the full Perspective piece via the New England Journal of Medicine or a short summary on our site.

August 2015

Location(s): North America, U.S.

Content Type: Journal article

Topic(s): Emerging tobacco products, Prevalence and consumption, Supply-side issues and interventions, Tax and price, Tax levels and structure, Tobacco use

Authors(s): Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D., David Sweanor, Kenneth E. Warner

Citation

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