Using recent cross-state U.S. data, this paper estimates the demand for calls to smoking quitlines. Besides formal … insights into the determinants of quitline demand, another key contribution is to provide unique insights on the role of … related internet resources, using two novel measures. Results show that higher cigarette prices, lower income, and greater …

represent cigarettes smokers. Non-cigarette tobacco products used by the majority of tobacco users are largely out of the tax … control tobacco use of any kind. In this context, this paper examines how the demand for a variety of tobacco products and …

1996 the trend reversed as tax/price policies were used to discourage smoking. Smoking prevalence is higher among men than … of tobacco demand are analysed. They vary across income categories and between urban and rural areas. Overall, price …

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responsible for many causes of premature deaths. This study seeks to find out cigarette-smoking practices among University … very important source of cigarette smoking among the youths. Previous education on dangers of smoking and the perception …Background: Tobacco smoking is one of the largest causes of preventable morbidity and mortality globally, and is …

Smoking is among the most important risk factors for population health and premature mortality. Smoking trends for … Germany indicate that smoking has been spreading according to the assumptions of diffusion theory. This paper presents … empirical evidence for smoking diffusion in Germany. We focus on educational differences as well as on differences between East …

effect, whereby price influences the individual by changing community smoking behavior. Estimates suggest a 10 percent … increase in price decreases daily smoking by 0.75 percentage points (1.7 percent), occasional smoking by 1.39 percentage points … (9.3 percent) and average smoking intensity by 0.15 cigarettes per day (2.9 percent). Further, the indirect effect …

, earnings, tax revenues and trade balance), and analyses the relationship between demand for cigarettes and prices and incomes … on prices, government revenues and on demand, expenditures and tax burdens of different socio-economic groups. …