In March 2004, Ireland became the first country to introduce a nationwide workplace smoking ban. The smoking ban … increased the non-monetary cost of smoking by prohibiting smoking in the majority of indoor workplaces. The aim of this paper is … to examine whether the extra non-monetary cost of smoking was concentrated on the employed. Using two waves of the …

This paper investigates the impact of the public smoking ban which came into effect in Italy on January 2005 on … individual smoking behaviour. Current empirical evidence supports the existence of a negative effect of the Italian ban on … smoking prevalence and consumption in the general population. This is in contrast to what has been found in some other …

Smoking bans in the workplace and public places are now ubiquitous. While indices of such controls are commonly … nicotine inventory management model where smoking during one phase of the day impacts utility in other periods. It also … a surprisingly small impact on the number of cigarettes smoked. However, restrictions on smoking in the home are found …

Over the last years, public smoking bans have been introduced in most European countries. Unlike elsewhere, in Germany … ected by the introduction of state smoking bans. -- smoking bans ; sales ; intra-country regional variation …

public smoking bans. The effectiveness of youth access laws is still disputed, however, as are the costs of public smoking … in localities that are strongly frequented by youths. In contrast, there is no evidence that a country-wide smoking ban … legal smoking age affected cigarette purchases by youths. Finally, state-level smoking bans appear to have reduced indoor …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany’s sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in … the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in … the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in … the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and …