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 …

While smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in Australia, existing policy options, except for bans on … smoking at public places, seem to have limited scope for expansion. Eight new smoking bans, introduced in six different … smoking behaviour by GLM and correlated random effect models. Difference-in-differences estimation using 4 waves of the …

multivariate 5 equation probit model. In that model, lifestyles (diet, exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking) are a function of …

Because of the high social cost of cigarette smoking, many countries impose advertising restrictions to reduce … smoking. This conclusion is incorrect because it ignores the fact that advertising restrictions have supply as well as demand …

Hookah smoking is growing in popularity among college-age students in the United States. Community … susceptibility to those illnesses. To the extent that cues to action exist with respect to hookah smoking, they generally serve to …

paper reviews this legislation and its likely effects on prices, market structure in the tobacco industry and on smoking …