TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeSimone,Jeffrey S.
AU  - Grossman,Daniel S.
AU  - Ziebarth,Nicolas R.
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Regression Discontinuity Evidence on the Effectiveness of the  Minimum Legal E-Cigarette Purchasing Age
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
KW  - Government Expenditures and Health
KW  - jelc
KW  - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions
KW  - Health Behavior
KW  - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
N1  - October 2022; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - Increases in youth vaping rates and concerns of a new generation of nicotine addicts recently prompted an increase in the federal minimum legal purchase age (MLPA) for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 years. This study presents the first regression discontinuity evidence on the effectiveness of e-cigarette MLPA laws. Using data on 12th graders from Monitoring the Future, we obtain robust evidence that federal and state age-18 MLPAs decreased underage e-cigarette use by 15-20% and frequent use by 20-40%. These findings suggest that the age-21 federal MLPA could meaningfully reduce e-cigarette use among 18-20-year-olds
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w30614
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w30614
ER  -