This paper evaluates the effect of excise taxes and bans on smoking in public places on the exposure to tobacco smoke … of non-smokers. We use a novel way of quantifying passive smoking: we use data on cotinine concentration a metabolite of … that excise taxes have a significant effect on passive smoking but smoking bans have contrasting effects on non …

Smoking bans in the workplace and public places are now ubiquitous. While indices of such controls are commonly … workplace bans depends heavily upon whether there exist complementary restrictions on smoking in environments to which … individuals may wish to switch their smoking following a workplace ban. …

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly … laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure … indicate wide latitude for health improvements from banning smoking in public places. -- smoking ; cigarettes ; tobacco …

This paper reviews the extent to which policy interventions can affect risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and …