taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save … reduced smoking -- reductions in medical expenses and earnings from adverted premature deaths -- could bring small, albeit …

reduction in medical expenditures and a rise in working years caused by a reduction in the rate of smoking among the population …

medical expenditures and additional years of productive life as taxes dissuade smoking. In several countries, increasing the …

This paper analyzes smoking prevalence and smoking behaviors in Papua New Guinea. Using the 2009?10 Papua New Guinea …

Behaviors that are putting people's health and well-being at risk are widespread in the developing world and some of … them, like smoking and unhealthy diets, are on the rise. Some of these behaviors can be prohibited or prevented by taxation … behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …

of smoking can be reduced, including shorter life expectancy, higher medical expenses, added years of disability among …

The authors estimate the economic losses related to the negative effect of smoking on wages in a context of a … equations: the smoking decision and two separate wage equations for smokers and nonsmokers. The results show that, after … controlling for observed characteristics and taking into account unobserved heterogeneity in personal characteristics, smoking has …