The Regulatory Burden of Licensure Sales Laws: New Evidence on Race and the U.S. Tobacco Market -- by Dhaval M. Dave, Jooyoung Kim, Joseph J. Sabia

Dr. Sabia acknowledges research support from the Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies (CHEPS) at San Diego State University (SDSU), which has received grants from the Charles Koch Foundation. This study was funded with a grant from Global Action to End Smoking (formerly known as the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World), an independent, U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization, accelerating science-based efforts worldwide to end the smoking epidemic. Global Action played no role in designing, implementing, data analysis, or interpretation of the study results, nor did Global Action edit or approve any presentations or publications from the study. The contents, selection, and presentation of facts, as well as any opinions expressed, are the sole responsibility of the authors and should not be regarded as reflecting the positions of Global Action to End Smoking. Dr. Sabia also acknowledges research support from the James Hervey Johnson Charitable Educational Trust. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Trust. All errors are the authors’. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.