Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Because e-cigarettes do not involve the combustion of … tobacco, vaping offers the potential to prevent most of the health consequences of smoking. We study the impact of an … perceptions and vaping and smoking behavior; and national aggregate time-series sales data. We find that after the outbreak …

its predictions using price differences between the United States and Canada - a country that represents an example of a …

United States and Canada …

cigarettes enable youth smoking. Yet there is almost no direct evidence on their effects using real-world policy variation. We … provide the first comprehensive evaluation of this policy by studying Canada where seven provinces banned menthol cigarettes … significantly reduced menthol cigarette smoking among both youths and adults. We also find strong evidence of substitution, however …

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly … little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using … laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure …