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Abstract
Electronic nicotine device systems (ENDS) are devices in which nicotine and other ingredients such
as ?avors are heated into a vapor and inhaled (“ENDS use” or “vaping”). ENDS were ?rst imported
into the United States in 2006 and by 2014 they overtook cigarettes as the most commonly used
tobacco product among teenagers. This research project will assess both the efficacy and
distributional effects of ENDS access policies (i.e., e-cigarette taxes, indoor air laws, ?avor bans,
minimum purchasing ages): (1) What are the spillover effects of ENDS access policies on non-
tobacco-related public health outcomes, such as marijuana use, problem drinking, prescription
opioid misuse, and harder drug use? (2) How do ENDS access policies affect dynamics in initiation
of tobacco products and use of the informal social market for tobacco? (3) Do racial/ethnic/sexual
minorities see important smoking cessation-related health gains from increased access to tobacco
harm reduction products? To answer these questions, we will use “difference-in-differences”
models (and discrete-time hazard models) and ten nationally representative datasets: 1) national
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2) the state YRBS, 3) Monitoring the Future (MTF), 4) Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS), 5) National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 6)
Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH), 7) Current Population Survey-Tobacco Use
Supplement, 8) Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 9) the Vital Statistics Multiple-Cause-of-Death
Mortality Files, and 10) Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Our analysis sample will cover the
period 2005-2025.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 3/11/24 → 3/11/27 |
Funding
- San Diego State University Foundation: $122,840.00
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