This paper analyzes the welfare effects of a public smoking ban in bars. We construct a model that captures crucial … features of bar life: competing bars, social interaction, and heterogenous preferences for a smoking ban. Smokers and non … the smoking regime strategically. Since the (dis)utility from smoking and social interaction are substitutes, the smoking …

-inconsistent smokers better off. Health economists have used this result to argue in favor of cigarette taxes that restrain smoking … benefit a smoker at every point in life. Smokers could be allowed to purchase smoking licenses' when they start to smoke, and …

-inconsistent smokers better off. Health economists have used this result to argue in favor of cigarette taxes that restrain smoking … benefit a smoker at every point in life. Smokers could be allowed to purchase smoking licenses' when they start to smoke, and …

While the empirical literature on smoking bans is extensive, little theory has been developed. This paper examines the … welfare impact of smoking bans in an economy where smokers’ utility is reduced by a workplace/public place ban. The government …. Its ability to reduce smoking through taxation is limited by a black market where cigarettes are not taxed. We show that …

This paper reviews the extent to which policy interventions can affect risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and …