designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state … cigarette taxes affected how young smokers obtained their cigarettes. Our estimates suggest that tax increases reduce youth … smoking participation primarily through their effect on third-party purchase, although there is evidence that they are …

. Last, we present some evidence of non-linearities in social interactions, -- social interactions ; smoking ; drinking …

We analyzed cigarette smoking among people aged 15 - 24 in approximately 90,000 households in the 1992 - 1999 U ….S. Current Population Surveys. We modeled social influence as an informational externality, in which each young person's smoking … informs her peers about its coolness.' The resulting family smoking game,' with each sibling's smoking endogenous, may have …

We analyzed cigarette smoking among people aged 15 - 24 in approximately 90,000 households in the 1992 - 1999 U ….S. Current Population Surveys. We modeled social influence as an informational externality, in which each young person's smoking … informs her peers about its coolness.' The resulting family smoking game,' with each sibling's smoking endogenous, may have …