Background: To illustrate the burden of high cigarette excise taxes on low-income smokers. Methodology/Principal Findings: Using data from the New York and national Adult Tobacco Surveys from 2010-2011, we estimated how smoking prevalence, daily cigarette consumption, and share of annual income spent on cigarettes vary by annual income (less than $30,000; $30,000-$59,999; and more than $60,000). The 2010-2011 sample includes 7,536 adults and 1,294 smokers from New York and 3,777 adults and 748 smokers nationally. Overall, smoking prevalence is lower in New York (16.1%) than nationally (22.2%) and is strongly associated with income in New York and nationally (P
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Farrelly, M. C., Nonnemaker, J. M., & Watson, K. A. (2012). The Consequences of High Cigarette Excise Taxes for Low-Income Smokers. PLoS ONE, 7(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043838
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