Publications

 “The Effect of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette and Cigarette Retail Prices and Sales, United States, 2014 – 2019” (with Megan Diaz, Emily Donovan, Daniel Stephens, Barbara Schillo, Serena Phillips, Frank Chaloupka, and Michael Pesko).  Tobacco Control, forthcoming.

 

 

“Investigating the impact of e-cigarette price and tax on e-cigarette use behavior” (with Megan Diaz, Lexi Kierstead, Barbara Schillo, and Bushraa Khatib), American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2023;64(6):797−804.

 


“Examination of the association between state tobacco control spending and the demand for electronic cigarettes by high school students” (Tauras et al.) Tobacco Control Published Online First: 06 December 2021. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056830

 


“State Tobacco Control Expenditures and Tax Paid Cigarette Sales" (Tauras et al.), PLOS ONE, 13(4), 2018.

 


“Effect of the Smoke-free Illinois Act on Casino Admissions and Revenue” (Tauras et al.), Tobacco Control, 2018;27:e130-e135.

 


“Exploring Heterogeneity in the impact of smoking bans among early and late adopters” (with Silda Nikaj and Josh Miller), Economics Letters, 2017, 155: 164–167.

 


“Graphic Warning Labels and the Cost Savings from Reduced Smoking among Pregnant Women” (with Richard Peck, Kai-Wen Cheng, and Frank Chaloupka) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017, 14, 164.


“Smoking Cessation”, Chapter 9, (with Harry Lando, Sherry Emery, and Martin Raw) in: U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization.  The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control. National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph 21. NIH Publication No. 16-CA-8029A. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute; and Geneva, CH: World Health Organization; 2017.


“Federal, State, and Local Policy and Tobacco Related Health Disparities” (With D. Abrams, J. Pearson, A. Villanti, F. Chaloupka, and J. Forster) in: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI). A Socio-Ecological Approach to Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities. Tobacco Control Monograph No. 22 Bethesda, MD: NCI; 2017.    

 

“Health and Economic Benefits of Smoking Cessation” (with Harry Lando, Sherry Emery, and Martin Raw) in: National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph 21, Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control, forthcoming, 2016. 

 

"A Comparison of Alternative Methods for Measuring Cigarette Prices" (with Frank J Chaloupka, Julia H Strasser, Gordon Willis, James T Gibson, and Anne M Hartman)Tobacco Control, 24: 269–274, 2015.

 

"The Impact of Prices and Tobacco Control Policies on the Demand for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems" (with Jidong Huang and Frank J. Chaloupka), Tobacco Control, 23:iii41-iii47, 2014.


 "The Economics of Tobacco Control: Evidence from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project" (with Frank J Chaloupka, Anne Chiew Kin Quah, and Geoffrey T Fong), Tobacco Control, 23:i1-i3, 2014.

 

“Economic Impact of a Non-comprehensive Smoke Free Air Law” (with Jennifer Dickson Keith, Deborah Brown, Frank Chaloupka, and Joy Blankley Meyer) Health Promotion Practice, 15(4): 521–529, July 2014.

 

“Differential Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Youth Sub-Populations” (with J. Huang and F. Chaloupka) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10(9):4306-4322, 2013. 

 

“Legislative and Regulatory Approaches” (with Brian Flay, Henry Safer, Geoff Fong, David Hammond, Jean Forster, and Rachel Widome) in: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.


“Quit Attempts and Quit Rates among Menthol and non-Menthol Smokers: Findings from a National Population Survey” (with David Levy, Kenneth Blackman, Frank J. Chaloupka, Andrea Villanti, and David B. Abrams) American Journal of Public Health 101(7):1241-7, 2011.


“Tax, Price and Adult Tobacco Use - Chapter 5 ” (with Frank Chaloupka, Silvano Gallus, Carlo LaVecchia, Nguyen Lien, Corne Van Walbeek, ) in: IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention: Tobacco Control. Volume 14. Effectiveness of Price and Tax Policies for Control of Tobacco. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2011.


“Tax, Price and Tobacco Use Among Young People – Chapter 6” (with Laura Currie) in: IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention: Tobacco Control. Volume 14. Effectiveness of Price and Tax Policies for Control of Tobacco. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2011.


“The Power of Tax and Price”. (with Frank Chaloupka), Tobacco Control 20:391-392, 2011.


“Menthol and Non-Menthol Smoking: The Impact of Prices and Smoke-free Air Laws”. (with David Levy, Frank J. Chaloupka, Andrea Villanti, Raymond S. Niaura, Donna Vallone and David B. Abrams),  Addiction 105 (s1):115-123, 2010.


“Enhancing Compliance with Tobacco Control Policies” (with Philip Cook, Richard Peck, Frank J. Chaloupka), in: After Tobacco: What Would Happen if Americans Stopped Smoking? edited by Peter Bearman, Kathryn Neckerman, and Leslie Wright.  Columbia University Press, New York, 2011.

 

“Taxation and the Economics of Tobacco Control” (with Rowena Jacobs, Frank Chaloupka, Hugh Waters, and Ayda Yurekli) In: Gender, Women and the Tobacco Epidemic. Edited by Jonathan M. Samet and Soon-Young Yoon. The World Health Organization (ISBN 978 92 4 159951 1),Geneva, Switzerland, 2010.


“Tobacco Excise Tax Structure - Implications for Public Health” (with Frank J. Chaloupka, Richard M. Peck, Xin Xu, and Ayda Yurekli), VOX, October 2, 2010.  Available at: http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5607.

 

“Economic Analysis of Demand Using Data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey(GATS) (with Richard Peck).  The World Health Organization Economics of Tobacco Toolkit (ISBN 978 92 4 150016 6).  World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland, 2010.

 

“Substance Use Among Adolescent Students with Consideration of Budget Constraints”, (with Sara Markowitz), Review of Economics of the Household, 7(4): 423-446, 2009.

 

“The Decision to Smoke and the Frequency of Smoking by Age and Gender”, (with David Levy, Daniel Gerlowski, James Bergman, and Christine Compton), Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, 28(1): 1-19, 2009.

 

“Depression, Suicide, Tobacco Control Policies, and Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students”, (with Richard Peck, Stavros Tsipas, and Frank Chaloupka), Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 5(2):197-218, 2009.

 

“Securing the Health of Disadvantaged Women: A Critical Investigation of Tobacco Control Policy Effects on Women Worldwide”, (With Roland Moore, Deborah McLellan, and Pebbles Fagan) American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37(2S):117-120, 2009.


“Public Health Initiatives for Smoking Cessation” (with Frank J. Chaloupka), Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, 1(5):391-395, 2007.

 

“The Demand for Smokeless Tobacco Among Male High School Students: The Impact of Taxes, Prices, and Policies” (with Lisa Powell, Frank Chaloupka, and Hana Ross) Applied Economics, 39(1): 31-41, 2007. 


“Differential Impact of State Tobacco Control Policies Among Race and Ethnic Groups” (no co-authors), Addiction, 102(S2): 95-103, 2007.

 

"The Role of Retail Prices and Promotions in Determining Cigarette Brand Market Shares" (with Richard Peck and Frank Chaloupka), Review of Industrial Organization, 28(3): 153-284, 2006.


“Smoke Free Air Laws, Cigarette Prices, and Adult Cigarette Demand” (no co-authors), Economic Inquiry, 44(2): 333-342, 2006.

 

“Body Weight, Cigarette Prices, Youth Access Laws and Adolescent Smoking Initiation” (with John Cawley and Sara Markowitz), Eastern Economic Journal, 32(1): 149-170, 2006.


 "State Tobacco Control Spending and Youth Smoking" (Tauras, et al.) American Journal of Public Health, 95(2): 338-344, 2005.


 “An Empirical Analysis of Adult Cigarette Demand” (no-coauthors), Eastern Economic Journal, 31(3): 361-375, 2005.


“Can Public Policy Deter Smoking Escalation Among Young Adults?” (no co-authors), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24(4): 771-784, 2005.

 

“The Importance of Peer Effects, Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Control Policies for Youth Smoking Behavior” (with Lisa Powell and Hana Ross), Journal of Health Economics, 24(5): 950-968, 2005.


"Tobacco Control Policies and Youth Smoking: Evidence from A New Era” (with John Cawley and Sara Markowitz), Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research Volume 16 - Substance Use: Individual Behavior, Social Interactions, Markets and Politics, edited by Bjorn Lingren and Michael Grossman, Elsevier, Oxford England, 2005.

 

“New Evidence on Youth Smoking Behavior Based on Experimental Price Incentives” (with Hana Ross, Lisa Powell, and Frank Chaloupka), Contemporary Economic Policy, 23(2):195-210, 2005.

 

“The Impact of Advertising on Nicotine Replacement Therapy Demand” (with Sherry Emery and Frank Chaloupka), Social Science and Medicine, 60: 2351-2358, 2005.

 

“The Impact of Nicotine Replacement Therapies on Cigarette Demand” (with Frank Chaloupka), The Journal of Economics and Finance, 28(3): 395-403, 2004.


“Public Policy and Some-day Smoking Among Adults” (no co-authors), Journal of Applied Economics, 7(1): 137-162, 2004.


 “Public Policy and Smoking Cessation among Young Adults in the United States” (no co-authors) Health Policy, 68(3): 321-332, 2004.

 

"The Impact of Tobacco Control Spending and Tobacco Control Policies on Adolescents' Attitudes and Beliefs about Cigarette Smoking" (with Frank Chaloupka) Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine, 1(2): 111-120, 2004.


 “Legal Controls of Recreational Drugs” (no co-authors) in: Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addiction, edited by Michael Kuhar and Howard Liddle, The Brown Reference Group plc., forthcoming.


"Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation" (with Sara Markowitz and John Cawley), Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23(2): 293-311.


“Economic Models of Addiction: The Case of Tobacco” (with Frank Chaloupka) in: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Gambling from Leisure to Risk Consumption, edited by Maria Isabel Climaco and Moura Ramos, (translated into Portuguese), Quarteto Publishing, 2003.


“The Demand for Nicotine Replacement Therapies” (with Frank J. Chaloupka), Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 5(2): 237-243, 2003.


Determinants of Smoking Cessation: An Analysis of Young Adult Men and Women” (with Frank Chaloupka), in: Economics of Substance Abuse, edited by Michael Grossman and Chee-Ruey Hsieh, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2001.

 

"The Economics of Addiction” (with Frank Chaloupka and Michael Grossman), in: Tobacco Control Policies in Developing Countries, edited by Prabhat Jha and Frank Chaloupka, Oxford University Press, 2000. 


“The Demand for Cocaine and Marijuana by Youth” (with Frank Chaloupka and Michael Grossman), in: The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: An Integration of Econometric and Behavioral Economic Research, edited by Frank Chaloupka, Michael Grossman, Warren Bickel, and Henry Saffer, University of Chicago Press, 1999.

 

“Public Policy and Youth Smokeless Tobacco Use” (with Frank Chaloupka and Michael Grossman), Southern Economic Journal, 1997, 64(2): 503-516