Potential Effects of a Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products in Delaware, 2023

This Fact Sheet was written by Frank Chaloupka. The fact sheet discusses the potential effects of ending the sale of flavored tobacco products in Delaware. Ending the sale of flavored tobacco products would reduce tobacco use initiation, lead current tobacco users to quit, improve health, and save lives. More than 2,700 smokers would quit as a result of this policy. In addition to the public health impact, the policy would reduce long-term health care spending by nearly $23 million in the state. These estimates are conservative because they do not include the savings associated with youth who never began smoking. Modeling the impact in the state of Delaware, Chaloupka demonstrates the overall benefits that this policy would have in spite of the modest reduction in tobacco tax revenues.

A corresponding Report can be found here.