TY - JOUR T1 - Tobacco manufacturing data demonstrate industry product switching in response to tax increases JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 421 LP - 422 DO - 10.1136/tc.2009.034280 VL - 19 IS - 5 AU - D S Morris Y1 - 2010/10/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/19/5/421.abstract N2 - The US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) collects federal taxes on tobacco products produced or imported for domestic consumption. Tobacco manufacturers pay taxes twice a month on products produced, and customs agents pay taxes on imported products.1 Monthly data from TTB can be used to track national trends in tobacco production.Federal taxes increased in 1 April 2009 for all tobacco products, although the increases varied by product type. Tax rates increased the most (over 2000%) on roll your own tobacco and small cigars, to make the rates for these products equal to taxes on cigarettes and increased by a relatively small 158% on other products, including pipe tobacco and large cigars. The tax rate on roll … ER -