) effect of plain packaging on smoking prevalence in Australia. First, we look at the year of data before plain packaging was …A stated objective of the Australian Plain Packaging Act 2011 is to reduce smoking prevalence. We use the Roy Morgan … (possible) effect of plain packaging on smoking prevalence. Two informative analyses help to draw conclusions on the (actual …

A key stated objective of the Australian Plain Packaging Act 2011 is to influence smoking prevalence, in particular of … carry out a statistical trend analysis to study the (possible) effect of plain packaging on smoking prevalence of minors in … Australia. More specifically, we fit a linear time trend that explains well the fact that observed smoking prevalence has …

This paper describes the dynamics of smoking behaviour in Australia and investigates what role smoking ban regulation … has, if any, on individual level smoking patterns. The main argument to motivate the introduction of tougher smoking bans … individual smoking behaviour over the period 2001 to 2003 during which separate smoking ban initiatives in Queensland, Victoria …

This paper uses a discrete choice approach to investigate factors influencing starting and quitting smoking, in … exert a negative influence over decisions to start smoking, but their effect on quitting smoking is less clearcut. …

This paper uses duration analysis to investigate factors influencing starting and quitting smoking, in particular the …

how smoking behavior including responses to tax hikes depends on time discounting and its biases, such as hyperbolic … future tax hike, they postpone smoking moderation until the tax hike actually takes place. Finally, the government's revenue …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in … the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in … the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and …

public smoking bans. The effectiveness of youth access laws is still disputed, however, as are the costs of public smoking … in localities that are strongly frequented by youths. In contrast, there is no evidence that a country-wide smoking ban … legal smoking age affected cigarette purchases by youths. Finally, state-level smoking bans appear to have reduced indoor …