reduce tobacco consumption, real prices of tobacco products need to be increased through heavier taxation, and other proven …

Anti-smoking policies can in theory make smokers better off, by helping smokers with time-inconsistent preferences … tobacco excise taxes and bans on smoking in public places. We use a difference-in-differences approach to compare the effects … on well-being for smokers and non-smokers. Smoking behaviour is likely to be influenced by policy interventions, leading …

substantially reduce youth smoking. Part of the support for these predictions comes from evidence that higher taxes reduce aggregate … tobacco sales and adult smoking rates. But taxes may have much different impacts on youth starting behavior than on adult …