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Table VI: Effect of Taxes on Cigarette Demand by Income Quartile Extensive Margin Intensive Margin Excise Sales F-stat Excise Sales F-stat (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Baseline (Q1) -0.098 -0.457 ∗∗ -6.460 ∗∗∗ -16.106 ∗∗ (0.066) (0.187) (2.140) (6.772) Tax*Q2 -0.094 ∗ 0.114 1.24 1.773 15.169 1.59 (0.048) (0.191) (0.27) (3.072) (9.823) (0.22) Tax*Q3 -0.041 0.447 2.24 -0.027 18.411 ∗ 4.67 ∗∗ (0.079) (0.304) (0.14) (2.056) (9.428) (0.04) Tax*Q4 0.035 0.497 ∗∗ 5.04 ∗∗ -2.541 19.755 ∗∗ 6.63 ∗∗ (0.079) (0.209) (0.03) (2.572) (8.270) (0.02) N 934,106 934,106 198,914 198,914 Standard errors clustered at the state level in parentheses in columns 1, 2, 4, and 5. All specifications include individual demographic characteristics, economic conditions, income trend, and state, year, and calendar month fixed effects. Tax*income quartile interactions represent the difference between that income quartile’s sensitivity to the tax rate and the baseline quartile’s sensitivity to the tax rate. F-stats are associated with testing ρ2, j − ρ1, j = 0 for j in {2,3,4}. Prob>F in parentheses. ∗ p < 0.10, ∗∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗∗ p < 0.01 44

Table VII: Sales Tax Exemptions for Cigarettes Extensive Margin Intensive Margin (1) (2) Excise Tax -0.134 ∗∗∗ -6.408 ∗∗∗ (0.035) (1.041) Excise*Low-income 0.046 -0.245 (0.063) (2.440) Sales Tax*Non-exempt -0.858 ∗∗∗ -0.249 (0.292) (15.182) Sales*Low-income*Non-exempt -0.351 -17.094 ∗ (0.292) (8.431) Sales Tax*Exempt -1.264 ∗∗ -23.665 (0.519) (30.629) Sales*Low-income*Exempt -0.012 1.954 (0.391) (15.944) F-stat 4.10 1.64 prob>F 0.05 0.21 N 934,106 198,914 Standard errors clustered at the state level in parentheses. All specifications include individual demographic characteristics, economic conditions, income trend, and state, year, and calendar month fixed effects. The F-stat is for the test of equality between the sales*low-income interaction between states that exempt cigarettes from the sales tax and states that do not. ∗ p < 0.10, ∗∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗∗ p < 0.01 45

Table VI: Effect of Taxes on Cigarette Demand by Income Quartile<br />

Extensive Margin Intensive Margin<br />

Excise Sales F-st<strong>at</strong> Excise Sales F-st<strong>at</strong><br />

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)<br />

Baseline (Q1) -0.098 -0.457 ∗∗ -6.460 ∗∗∗ -16.106 ∗∗<br />

(0.066) (0.187) (2.140) (6.772)<br />

Tax*Q2 -0.094 ∗ 0.114 1.24 1.773 15.169 1.59<br />

(0.048) (0.191) (0.27) (3.072) (9.823) (0.22)<br />

Tax*Q3 -0.041 0.447 2.24 -0.027 18.411 ∗ 4.67 ∗∗<br />

(0.079) (0.304) (0.14) (2.056) (9.428) (0.04)<br />

Tax*Q4 0.035 0.497 ∗∗ 5.04 ∗∗ -2.541 19.755 ∗∗ 6.63 ∗∗<br />

(0.079) (0.209) (0.03) (2.572) (8.270) (0.02)<br />

N 934,106 934,106 198,914 198,914<br />

Standard errors clustered <strong>at</strong> the st<strong>at</strong>e level in parentheses in columns 1, 2, 4, and 5.<br />

All specific<strong>at</strong>ions include individual demographic characteristics, economic conditions, income trend,<br />

and st<strong>at</strong>e, year, and calendar month fixed effects.<br />

Tax*income quartile interactions represent the difference between th<strong>at</strong> income quartile’s sensitivity<br />

to the tax r<strong>at</strong>e and the baseline quartile’s sensitivity to the tax r<strong>at</strong>e.<br />

F-st<strong>at</strong>s are associ<strong>at</strong>ed with testing ρ2, j − ρ1, j = 0 for j in {2,3,4}.<br />

Prob>F in parentheses.<br />

∗ p < 0.10, ∗∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗∗ p < 0.01<br />

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