ArticlePloS one2012
Fiscal and policy implications of selling pipe tobacco for roll-your-own cigarettes in the United States.
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- Differences in nicotine dependence, smoke exposure and consumer characteristics between smokers of machine-injected roll-your-own cigarettes and factory-made cigarettes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Have higher cigarette taxes in the United States discouraged smoking? A review of data from 1999-2013.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2017Article
- Consumption of Combustible and Smokeless Tobacco - United States, 2000-2015.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2016Article
- Trends and socioeconomic differences in roll-your-own tobacco use: findings from the ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco control · 2015Article
- Experimentally Switching from Factory Made to Self-Made Cigarettes: A Preliminary Study of Perceptions, Toxicant Exposure and Smoking Behavior.Journal of addiction research & therapy · 2014Article
- Patterns of current use of tobacco products among U.S. high school students for 2000-2012--findings from the National Youth Tobacco Survey.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2014Article
- 'Roll-your-own' cigarette smoking in South Africa between 2007 and 2010.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Cigarette price-minimization strategies by U.S. smokers.American journal of preventive medicine · 2013Article
- Is Every Smoker Interested in Price Promotions? An Evaluation of Price-Related Discounts by Cigarette Brands.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe Federal excise tax was increased for tobacco products on April 1, 2009. While excise tax rates prior to the increase were the same for roll-your-own (RYO) and pipe tobacco, the tax on pipe tobacco was $21.95 per pound less than the tax on RYO tobacco after the increase. Subsequently, tobacco manufacturers began labeling loose tobacco as pipe tobacco and marketing these products to RYO consumers at a lower price. Retailers refer to these products as "dual purpose" or "dual use" pipe tobacco.
methodsData on tobacco tax collections comes from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Joinpoint software was used to identify changes in sales trends. Estimates were generated for the amount of pipe tobacco sold for RYO use and for Federal and state tax revenue lost through August 2011.
resultsApproximately 45 million pounds of pipe tobacco has been sold for RYO use from April 2009 to August 2011, lowering state and Federal revenue by over $1.3 billion.
conclusionsMarketing pipe tobacco as "dual purpose" and selling it for RYO use provides an opportunity to avoid paying higher cigarette prices. This blunts the public health impact excise tax increases would otherwise have on reducing tobacco use through higher prices. Selling pipe tobacco for RYO use decreases state and Federal revenue and also avoids regulations on flavored tobacco, banned descriptors, prohibitions on shipping, and reporting requirements.
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