A Critical Review of the Study “The Relative Effectiveness of Tax Policy When Considering Mitigating Factors Influencing Tobacco Consumption of American Youth”
I. Summary
Kristen Collett wrote an article called The Relative Effectiveness of Tax Policy When Considering Mitigating Factors Influencing Tobacco Consumption of American Youth that was published in the August 2003 edition of Issues in Political Economy. While her article has many relevant findings that will have significance for future studies, Collett neglected to include several variables which would have had an important impact on the results. In this paper I will compare and contrast Collett’s article with a similar study written by a more experienced author.
According to Collett, the youth of America have yet to realize the harm tobacco consumption causes, as youth smoking increased in the 90’s and is still rising.
She says that previous studies show that the most effective way to reduce tobacco......
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