Author ORCID Identifier

Michael Pesko: https://orcid.org0000-0002-9247-9703

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-3-2022

Abstract

We estimate the effect of county-level e-cigarette indoor vaping restrictions (IVRs) on infant mortality using United States birth certificates from 2010 to 2015. We estimate difference-indifferences models and find that e-cigarette indoor vaping restrictions increased infant mortality by 0.39 infants per 1,000 live births (12.9%). These effects were disproportionately higher for infants born to younger mothers and in locations with higher baseline levels of prenatal smoking. Infant mortality increased by 34.1% between 100 days to 1 year after IVRs. Infant mortality due to infections and neoplasms were particularly elevated.

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Final manuscript version of an article published by Wiley in:

Cooper, M., & Pesko, M. F. (2022). The effect of E-cigarette indoor vaping restrictions on infant mortality. Southern Economic Journal, 1– 44. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12564

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12564

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