Abstract:
:Recent analyses suggest that cigarette excise taxes lower prenatal smoking. It is unclear, however, whether the association between taxes and prenatal smoking represents a decline among women of reproductive age or a particular response by pregnant women. We address this question directly with an analysis of quit and relapse behavior during and after pregnancy. We find that the price elasticity of prenatal quitting and postpartum relapse is close to one in absolute value. We conclude that direct financial incentives to stop smoking during and after pregnancy should be considered.
journal_name
J Health Econjournal_title
Journal of health economicsauthors
Colman G,Grossman M,Joyce Tdoi
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.06.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-11-01 00:00:00pages
1053-72issue
6eissn
0167-6296issn
1879-1646pii
S0167-6296(03)00077-8journal_volume
22pub_type
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