| SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 Thursday |
| Cigarette Taxes Reduce Deaths, Except in Four States |
| A 10% increase in the cigarette-tax rate leads to a 2.5% reduction in the respiratory-cancer death rate, or some 3,922 deaths annually in the U.S., according to a study led by Echu Liu of Southern Illinois University. For unclear reasons, however, higher cigarette taxation leads to higher mortality rates in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, and Texas. |
| Source: Cigarette Taxes and Respiratory Cancers: New Evidence from Panel Co-Integration Analysis |
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