The upward trend in cigarette smoking among teenagers throughout the 1990's has spurred a great deal of interest on how … cigarette prices (which can be increased through cigarette excise taxes) and restrictions on smoking in public places and … to discourage young people from smoking. This paper attempts to inform policy makers by providing evidence on the effects …

During the 1980's and early 1990's, the cigarette markets in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Thailand were opened to U … capita cigarette consumption is examined. Estimates from fixed effects models indicate that the market share of U … brands produced by domestic monopolies to the brands of U.S. cigarette producers. In addition, simulations based on the …

This paper assesses the appropriate cigarette tax needed to address potential market failures. There is no evidence of … inadequate risk decisions by smokers regarding their own welfare. Detailed calculations of the financial externalities of smoking … uncertain, but of potentially substantial magnitude. Even with recognition of these costs, current cigarette taxes exceed the …

smoking. Restrictive clean air laws refers to the laws which prohibit smoking in private workplaces as well as in public … more likely to pass a clean air law, endogeneity between cigarette demand and the clean air law is a problem. A two step … estimation model is used to control for endogeneity. Both a single equation and a two equation model of cigarette demand were …

excise tax increase on cigarettes. A cigarette tax increase is the single most effective and cost-efficient measure to reduce … smoking. The first objective of this paper is to estimate the price and income of consumption for cigarettes in Bulgaria by … and government revenues from cigarette taxes. A major concern among policymakers is that an increase in cigarette taxes …