This paper studies the demand for tobacco products in post-unification Italy. We construct a very detailed panel … dataset of yearly consumption in the 69 Italian provinces from 1871 to 1913, and use it to estimate the demand for tobacco … considered, tobacco was a normal good in Italy: aggregate tobacco consumption increased with income. Subsequently, we consider …

We analyse the major economic issues raised by the 1997 Tobacco Resolution and the ensuing proposed legislation that … were intended to settle tobacco litigation in the United States. By settling litigation largely in return for tax increases …