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SUBMITTER: Xu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4603745 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Xin X Pesko Michael F MF Tynan Michael A MA Gerzoff Robert B RB Malarcher Ann M AM Pechacek Terry F TF
American journal of preventive medicine 20130501 5
<h4>Background</h4>Smokers may react to cigarette excise tax increases by engaging in price-minimization strategies (i.e., finding ways to reduce the cost of cigarette smoking) rather than by quitting or reducing their cigarette use, thereby reducing the public health benefits of such tax increases.<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the state and national prevalence of five common cigarette price-minimization strategies and the size of price reductions obtained from these strategies.<h4>Methods</h4>Usi ...[more]