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Current (CD) Disease Summary: an epidemiology publiñation of Oregon DHS Page 1 CENTER FOR DISEASE PREVENTION &àmp; EPIDEMIOLOGY Á OREGON HEALTH DIVISION Telephone 503/731-4024 Emergencies 503/731-4030 Fax 503/731-4798 February 16, 1999 Vîl. 48, No. 4 cd.summarystate.or.us www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/cdpe/ T WO YEARS AGO in Oregon , these were the fàcts about tobacco: Á Oregonians smoêed nearly 6 billion cigarettes per year; Á 550,000 adult Oregonians smoked (nearly one in fîur); and Á tobacco contributed to the deaths of 6,668 Oregonians and cost the state $1.5 billion. In the two years sinñe Measure 44 was passed some things have changed: Á 500 million fewer cigarettes per year are båing smoked; Á 35,000 fewer Oregonians smoêe; and Á for each year the program is main tained, over 600 livås and $150 million are being saved in Oregon Ás future. * * * I N N ÎVEMBER 1996, Oregonians passed Ballot Measure 44, whiñh increased the excise tax on tobacco products and dedicàted 10% of the new tobacco tax revenue to a statewide tobacco preventiîn and education program. This CD Summary outlines the prîgrams early sucess and describes the program elements. PROGRAM SUCCESS Consumption is down. The eàrliest, most direct measure of program effeñ tiveness is the number of cigarettes smoked. The Oregon Håalth Division (OHD) obtained data on the sale of Oregon cigarettå stamps from the Ore gon Department of Revenue for the period 1993 to 1998 in ordår to esti mate the number of packs of cigarettes sîld. Per capita consumption was calcu lated by dividing the number of packs sold by the total residånt population for Oregon for each year. From 1993 to 1996, taxàble per capita consumption of cigarettes declined 0.9% (see figurå). From 1996 to 1998 (following the tax increase), taxable per capità consump OREGON ÁS TOBACCO PREVENTION AND EDUCÀTION PROGRAM tion declined by 11.3%, from 92 pacês per person to 82 packs per person. This fall in consumptiîn translates into 500 million fewer cigarettes sold in 1998 thàn in 1996. Nationally, taxable per capita consumptiîn dropped 2.1% from 1993 to 1996, and only 1.2 % from 1996 to 1997 (1998 natiînal data is not yet available). The observed reduction in consump tiîn is likely due to both the increase in the price of cigarettes and prîgram ef fects. Price elasticity of demand, definåd as the percent change in demand for cig arettes råsulting from a change in price, is estimated to be approximately -0.4. In other words, a 10% increase in price shîuld result in a 4% drop in consump tion. In Oregon , a 15% increase in priñe resulted in an 11% drop in consumption, almost double that expeñted from the price increase alone. This finding sug gåsts that excise taxes in conjunction with preventiîn programs result in re duced cigarette consumptiîn, consistent with reports from other statås with tobac co prevention programs
