In this paper we present a model of tobacco demand in Canada, with a view to establishing if price and tax policy on …

cigarettes enable youth smoking. Yet there is almost no direct evidence on their effects using real-world policy variation. We … provide the first comprehensive evaluation of this policy by studying Canada where seven provinces banned menthol cigarettes … significantly reduced menthol cigarette smoking among both youths and adults. We also find strong evidence of substitution, however …

, tort law, civil law, and welfare and social policy. Since the publication of Rabin and Sugarman's Smoking Policy, class …

We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … potential mates, and over their socioeconomic quality. Spousal smoking is bad for non-smokers, but it is neutral for smokers …, while individuals always prefer high socioeconomic quality. Furthermore, there is a gender difference in smoking prevalence …

, CABG, are more likely to improve their behavior - eating, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases … behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period …