In this paper we have carried out a quantitative evaluation of the effects of special tobacco tax policies on smokers' health. Specifically, the results show that tobacco taxes would appear to be a useful tool for reducing long cancer mortality related to tobacco consumption. Thus, a 10%...

In this paper we use the Spanish National Health Survey of 1997, recently made available, to establish health patterns by gender, age and income status of the adult Spanish population. We analyse perceived health and major health problems, the use of health services or health related behaviours....