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 …

This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. It presents a … theoretical model and tests its predictions using unique data from before and after the introduction of smoking bans in the UK … smoking and non-smoking pubs (which can be operationalized via licensing). If the market equilibrium has almost all pubs …

Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and … bans. Drawing upon quasi-experimental evidence from Russia, which introduced a WSB (in addition to a ban on smoking in … findings. First, unlike previous studies that focus on smoking bans in public places, we find robust evidence that WSBs …

Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and … bans. Drawing upon quasi-experimental evidence from Russia, which introduced a WSB (in addition to a ban on smoking in … findings. First, unlike previous studies that focus on smoking bans in public places, we find robust evidence that WSBs …

Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and …), which introduced a WBS (in addition to a smoking ban on public places), and adopting a difference-in-differences (DiD … the ban in public places), we document three sets of findings. First, unlike previous studies (focusing on smoking bans in …

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly … little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using … laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure …

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 …