analysis includes an estimation of changes in smoking prevalence, mortality, life expectancy, and public health expenditures by …-related diseases in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, and to assess the distributional health impact of an increase in … tobacco taxation in these three countries. According to the results obtained, in 2012 smoking caused around 310,000 deaths in …

We conduct an applied welfare economics analysis of cigarette tax avoidance. We develop an extension of the standard … switching regression model of border-crossing and cigarette prices. In illustrative calculations, we find that for many states …

In this study we use the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to test whether older adult smokers, defined as those 50 … years and older, respond to cigarette tax increases. Our preferred specifications show that older adult smokers respond … sex, race/ethnicity, education, and marital status, and by smoking intensity and level of addictive stock. These findings …

drinking and cigarette smoking. Results indicate that influence based on structural equivalence tended to be stronger than … alcohol and smoking. To date, the two contagion mechanisms have been considered observationally inseparable, but this study … transmission of drinking and smoking behaviors attenuates as a function of social distance (i.e., from immediate friends to …

represent cigarettes smokers. Non-cigarette tobacco products used by the majority of tobacco users are largely out of the tax …

1996 the trend reversed as tax/price policies were used to discourage smoking. Smoking prevalence is higher among men than … that estimated health costs due to tobacco use are reviewed. Two main policy recommendations are made: to continue to use … tax policy to reduce tobacco use and future health costs, which will also raise government revenue, and to enforce …

Forschungsgesellschaft Rauchen und Gesundheit mbH Hamburg. …

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 … that smoking is risky to health significantly reduced the prevalence of smoking. It is therefore recommended that health …