Sex and race diVerences in young people’s responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies
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Objective—To determine if there are diVerences in young people’s responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies for population subgroups and to examine whether or not these diVerences, if they exist, can explain sex and racial diVerences in trends in the prevalence of smoking in young people in the United
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Sex and race differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies.
OBJECTIVE To determine if there are differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies for population subgroups and to examine whether or not these differences, if they exist, can explain sex and racial differences in trends in the prevalence of smoking in young people in the United States. DESIGN Use cross-sectional and intertemporal variation in local and sta...
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