prior to a nationwide menthol ban in 2018. Using provincial sales data, we show that menthol cigarette sales fell to zero … significantly reduced menthol cigarette smoking among both youths and adults. We also find strong evidence of substitution, however …: provincial menthol bans significantly increased non-menthol cigarette smoking among youths, resulting in no overall net change in …

Tobacco advertising is a public health issue if these activities increase smoking. Although public health advocates … assert that tobacco advertising does increase smoking, there is significant empirical literature that finds little or no … effect of tobacco advertising on smoking. In this paper, these prior studies are examined more closely with several important …

: differences in youth responsiveness to changes in price or tobacco control policies. Using data from the 1992-1994 Monitoring the … in responsiveness to particular tobacco control policies. Smoking rates among white youths are responsive to anti-tobacco …

. The FDA recently requested a ban on e-cigarette flavors, but was rejected. The FDA is again considering this ban and also … preferences for flavors and other attributes and use these preferences to predict the demand for each cigarette type and for “none …

Electronic cigarettes are a less harmful alternative to combustible cigarettes. We analyze data on e-cigarette choices … contributions. First, our predictions about e-cigarette use under counter-factual policy scenarios provide new information about … tobacco product choices. Third, we contribute to behavioral welfare analysis of policies that address individual optimization …

cigarette purchases on Indian reservations. We focus on two under-studied but basic empirical economic questions this raises …. Using novel data from New York surveys that asked directly about cigarette prices and purchases from reservations, we first …'s cigarette tax is a fixed amount per pack, providing an opportunity to test the Alchian and Allen substitution theorem. We find …

We asked 97 cigarette smokers to make a series of 12 binary choices between experimental cigarette packages with … of a cigarette package. These smokers first ranked the two packages solely on the basis of their warnings. Only when the …

, electronic and tobacco. We proxy choice with intentions to use cigarettes and risk perceptions. We experimentally vary the … messenger influences intention to use e-cigarettes, and risk perceptions about e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes. Private …

, electronic and tobacco. We proxy choice with intentions to use cigarettes and risk perceptions. We experimentally vary the … messenger influences intention to use e-cigarettes, and risk perceptions about e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes. Private …