drivers of nicotine use, coupled with a reduction in time spent in areas where smoking is banned, may have driven increased … consumption. But the pandemic also disrupted social interactions that may promote smoking; reduction in environmental triggers and … features of the pandemic require investigation: Misinformation surrounding the unfounded theory that smoking might have a …

, consumer income per capita, the price of goods such as food and health care, and the strengthening of anti-smoking laws are … demand is also sensitive to consumer income and the strengthening of anti-smoking laws. In contrast, changes in the prices of …

cigarettes enable youth smoking. Yet there is almost no direct evidence on their effects using real-world policy variation. We … significantly reduced menthol cigarette smoking among both youths and adults. We also find strong evidence of substitution, however …: provincial menthol bans significantly increased non-menthol cigarette smoking among youths, resulting in no overall net change in …

After a discussion of cigarette smoking in the context of the Becker-Murphy (1988) model of rational addictive behavior … consumption. These are contrasted to equations developed under the competing hypotheses that smoking is not addictive or that … of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Estimates support the assumptions that cigarette smoking …

divorce) affect individuals’ smoking behavior and body weight. Using German Socio-Economic Panel data, this study accounts for … probability to start or quit smoking and lead to changes in body weight. In particular, smoking behavior and body weight are …; separation from a partner leads to weight loss, increased smoking initiation, and decreased smoking cessation …