E-cigarette taxes are an active area of legislation and have important regulatory implications by proxying e-cigarette accessibility. We examine the effect of e-cigarette taxes on prepregnancy and prenatal smoking using the near-universe of births to mothers conceiving between 2013 and 2019 in the United States. Using fixed effect regressions, we show that e-cigarette taxes increase prepregnancy and prenatal smoking. We also find evidence that e-cigarette taxes reduce prepregnancy and 3rd trimester e-cigarette use. Finally, we show that e-cigarette taxes increase news coverage of e-cigarettes and raise perceptions of risk of e-cigarettes.

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电子烟税对孕前和产前吸烟的影响

电子烟税是一个活跃的立法领域，通过代表电子烟的可及性具有重要的监管影响。我们利用 2013 年至 2019 年美国怀孕母亲的生育情况，研究了电子烟税对孕前和产前吸烟的影响。通过固定效应回归，我们发现电子烟税会增加怀孕前和产前吸烟的风险。我们还发现有证据表明电子烟税减少了孕前和妊娠第三个月电子烟的使用。最后，我们表明电子烟税增加了电子烟的新闻报道并提高了对电子烟风险的认知。