the formation of public health policy. The paper compares England, Germany and Denmark who all adopted legislation on …After long trailing the American development on tobacco control, Europe has seen a big wave of public place smoking … bans in the past five years, beginning when Ireland took the plunge and banned all smoking in workplaces in 2004. Inspired …

Tobacco taxes have positive impacts on health outcomes. However, policy makers often hesitate to use them because of … health outcomes. The distributional incidence is assessed by estimating decile-specific behavioral responses and relative … medical expenditures and additional years of productive life as taxes dissuade smoking. In several countries, increasing the …

In this article, we investigate the differences in smoking behavior between male Turkish immigrants and male Germans … smoking behavior. Our results reveal that more than 50% of the differences in cigarette consumption between male Turkish …

In this article, we investigate the differences in smoking behavior between male Turkish immigrants and male Germans … smoking behavior. Our results reveal that more than 50% of the differences in cigarette consumption between male Turkish …

We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find …

We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find …