impact of smoking bans and cigarette prices on subjective well-being by analyzing data for 40 European countries and regions … anti-smoking policies on people with different propensities to smoke. We find that higher cigarette prices reduce the life … of smokers who recently failed to quit smoking. The latter finding is consistent with cue-triggered models of addiction …

After a discussion of cigarette smoking in the context of the Becker-Murphy (1988) model of rational addictive behavior … of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Estimates support the assumptions that cigarette smoking … reducing cigarette smoking. Estimates for samples of current and ever smokers indicate that price increases would lead to lower …

the myopic addiction behaviour of cigarette demand. Sensitivity analysis is done by examining a rational addiction … behavior of cigarette demand. The results provide support for myopic addiction. The short- and long-run price elasticities of … cigarette demand are estimated at -0.28 and -0.73 respectively. Excise taxes are more likely to act as an effective tobacco …

After a discussion of cigarette smoking in the context of the Becker-Murphy (1988) model of rational addictive behavior … of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Estimates support the assumptions that cigarette smoking … reducing cigarette smoking. Estimates for samples of current and ever smokers indicate that price increases would lead to lower …

characterizing addictive consumption. Results obtained from these demand equations support the hypothesis that cigarette smoking is …Cigarette demand equations, derived from the Becker-Murphy model of rational addictive behavior, are estimated …

Because of the high social cost of cigarette smoking, many countries impose advertising restrictions to reduce … cigarette consumption. Yet previous studies conclude that advertising constraints have been ineffective at reducing cigarette … smoking. This conclusion is incorrect because it ignores the fact that advertising restrictions have supply as well as demand …

In this paper I unify the economic theories of addiction and health deficit accumulation and develop a life cycle … longevity. I distinguish two types of addiction: perfect and common. Individuals with perfect addiction perfectly control their … addiction. Individuals with common addiction, though otherwise rational and forward looking, fail to fully understand how their …

relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …