NICE ROI Tools, business cases for various alternative policy options around smoking cessation, improving physical activity …

, evidence that tobacco taxes reduce adult smoking is relatively sparse. In this paper, we extend the literature in two ways … association between cigarette taxes and either smoking participation or smoking intensity is negative, small and not usually … consumption and that it will take sizable tax increases, on the order of 100%, to decrease adult smoking by as much as 5% …

policy response has been to impose restrictions on smoking through 100% smoke-free bans (comprehensive smoking bans). Yet … sparse information exists regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of … shifting their consumption of cigarettes from public venues that impose a comprehensive smoking ban to smoking at home, then …

Our paper investigates the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries. We … analyze longitudinal data of individuals by using information about their age of onset of smoking. We apply hazard rate models … to study smoking initiation. Thus, we are able to take into account observed and unobserved personal characteristics as …

We test whether employment guarantee programs increase the likelihood of taking up or increasing intensity of smoking … test of whether smoking is a normal good for low-income adults in developing countries. Our identification relies on …

-TUS), we find that the enactment of MMLs leads to a 1 to 1.5 percentage-point reduction in adult cigarette smoking. We also …

secondhand smoking, smoking bans in casinos remain controversial due to concerns over the potential economic harm to casino firms …. Applying an event study, the authors examine the abnormal returns of casino stocks in response to three unexpected smoking ban … significantly correlated with positive abnormal returns. The findings of this study provide a full picture of the impacts of smoking …