tobacco smoke (ETS). In response, smoking has been banned on many jobs. Using data from the 1991 and 1993 National Health … Interview Survey and smoking supplements to the September 1992 and May 1993 Current Population Survey, we investigate whether … these workplace policies reduce smoking prevalence and smoking intensity among workers. Our estimates suggest that workplace …

. The constitutionality depends, in part, on the likely impact of GWLs on smoking decisions, and whether they generate … knowledge as opposed to emotional reactions against smoking. Using an online discrete choice stated preference experiment we …

smoking propensity and intensity. However, little is known about the effects prices, smoking restrictions, and other … influences have on smoking cessation. This paper uses longitudinal data from the Monitoring the Future Surveys, augmented with … cigarette price and policy-related measures to estimate smoking cessation equations for young adult males and females separately …

Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti-smoking … policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to … a teenager, which are arguably exogenous, on adult smoking participation and mortality. A one-dollar increase in teenage …

between health and years of schooling after controlling for differences in income and other variables. Cigarette smoking is a … likely intervening variable because of the strong effect of smoking on morbidity and mortality, and because there is a strong … negative correlation between smoking and years of schooling -- at least at high school levels and above. This paper tests the …

smoking cessation products, based on a new dataset of patents on such products from 1951-2004. We find that an increase in … cigarette tax levels and smoking bans had no discernible impact on the industry-wide rate of invention in smoking cessation …, the introduction of the nicotine gum and patch are estimated to have increased the rate of patenting activity in smoking …

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly … laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure … indicate wide latitude for health improvements from banning smoking in public places …

financial payments of about $250 billion over 25 years. Settlement payments received by states are strongly related to smoking …

A large literature has documented relationships between state clean indoor air laws (SCIALs) and smoking …-experimental models indicate robust effects of SCIALs restricting smoking in bars: these laws significantly increased the presence of … workplace smoking restrictions as reported by bartenders and reduced the fraction of bartenders who smoke. We do not, however …