Preventing Chronic Disease | Use of Interrupted Time-Series Method to Evaluate the Impact of Cigarette Excise Tax Increases in Pennsylvania, 2000"2009 - CDC

Scientific evidence shows that cigarette price increases can significantly reduce smoking prevalence and smoking initiation among adolescents and young adults. However, data are lacking regarding the effectiveness of increasing Pennsylvania’s cigarette tax to reduce smoking and/or adverse health effects of smoking.


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  • SourceUrl: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/12_0268.htm
  • Syndication ID: 696
  • Language: English
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Date Syndication Captured: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 07:27 PM
  • Date Syndication Updated: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 11:46 PM

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General: disease asthma chronic pennsylvania tobacco smoking CDC cigarette impact interrupted timeseries method evaluate excise tax increases prices myocardial infarction Preventing Chronic Disease PCD

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