” Increasing taxes on e-cigarettes in an attempt to cut vaping may cause people to purchase more traditional cigarettes according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. For every 10 percent increase in e-cigarette prices, e-cigarette sales drop 26 percent while traditional cigarette sales jump by 11 percent. The research team, economists from six universities including Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, looked at Nielson Retail Scanner data from 35,000 retailers nationally across the years 2011 to 2017. Their study was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week.”
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Raising Taxes on e-Cigarettes Increases Cigarette Sales, New Research Shows
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