In this paper I unify the economic theories of addiction and health deficit accumulation and develop a life cycle … longevity. I distinguish two types of addiction: perfect and common. Individuals with perfect addiction perfectly control their … addiction. Individuals with common addiction, though otherwise rational and forward looking, fail to fully understand how their …

relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …

relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …

discrete choice experiment to investigate how adult tobacco cigarette smokers' demand for cigarette type varies by four policy … for e-cigarettes is motivated more by smokers' health concerns than by the desire to avoid smoking bans or higher prices …-cigarettes, and using both products. Each group responds differently to the cigarette attributes suggesting that policies will have …

Researchers have focused on the contemporaneous relationship between cigarette taxes and smoking, while the longer … effects of cigarette taxes experienced as a teenager on smoking later in life. We find that a one-dollar increase in the … cigarette tax experienced between the ages of 12 and 17 is associated with substantial reductions in smoking participation and …

Addiction. Future teenage smoking rates and average consumption are the inputs to the model; consumption growth coeffcients for …We model the future tobacco consumption, size of smoking population and governmental tax revenues in the Czech Republic …