Citation

Shrestha V. Econ. Lett. 2019; 184: 108589.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108589

PMID

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Abstract

Deaths from motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of unintentional deaths in the United States. This paper investigates the effect of increases in cigarette taxes and prices following the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) on non-alcohol and alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities among youths. I find that increases in cigarette taxes and prices are associated with a reduction in non-alcohol related accidents between 1998 and 2006 among 16-to-20 year olds.

Language: en

Keywords

Cigarette taxes; Vehicle fatalities; Youths