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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 …
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1996-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We find that cigarette taxes significantly reduced smoking among men … cigarette taxes have 'lost their bite', we find no significant relationship between cigarette taxes and sexual minority smoking …We provide the first quasi-experimental evidence on the relationship between cigarette taxes and sexual minority adult …
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discrete choice experiment to investigate how adult tobacco cigarette smokers' demand for cigarette type varies by four policy … for e-cigarettes is motivated more by smokers' health concerns than by the desire to avoid smoking bans or higher prices …-cigarettes, and using both products. Each group responds differently to the cigarette attributes suggesting that policies will have …
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This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals …
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This paper investigates the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal using the Synthetic Control Method. The applied econometric methodology compares Portuguese drug-related variables with the ones extracted from a convex combination of similar European countries. The results suggest that a...
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designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state … cigarette taxes affected how young smokers obtained their cigarettes. Our estimates suggest that tax increases reduce youth … smoking participation primarily through their effect on third-party purchase, although there is evidence that they are …
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We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … potential mates, and over their socioeconomic quality. Spousal smoking is bad for non-smokers, but it is neutral for smokers …, while individuals always prefer high socioeconomic quality. Furthermore, there is a gender difference in smoking prevalence …
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In recent years many countries of the European Union (EU) have implemented comprehensive smoking bans to reduce … of smoking regulation on health, particularly within the workplace, is still very limited. In this paper, we use a Diff … comprehensive smoking bans on both perceived workers' health and presence of respiratory problems within workplaces. Results show …
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We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to … smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking health. We present evidence of selection, relying on extensive data … on morbidity and mortality. We show that health based selection into smoking has increased over the last fifty years with …
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An important externality of smoking is the harm it might cause to those who do not smoke. This paper examines the … impact on birth outcomes of children of female workers who are affected by smoking bans in the workplace. Analyzing a 2004 … law change in Norway that extended smoking restrictions to bars and restaurants, we find that children of female workers …
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