The contribution of cigarette smoking to national health expenditures is thought to be large, but our current … understanding of the effect of smoking on annual medical expenditures is limited to studies that use cross-sectional data to make … model of smoking and medical care use that highlights two forms of selection: selective mortality and non-random cessation …

This paper exploits variation in health outcomes among middle-age men and women to better understand the "production … function" by which cigarette smoking transmits harm. In short, the harm done depends on who does the smoking. Outcome is not …, among other things. The results point to the underlying importance of starting stock of good health, its maintenance (for …

roles of public policy in grappling with the health consequences of tobacco. Certainly the most significant example of this … prominent role in legislative debates about using taxation as a principal tool to discourage smoking. In addition to informing …'s argument that its contributions to employment, tax revenues, and trade balances are vital to the economic health of states and …