The apogee of anti-smoking legislation in North America was reached early in the last century. In 1903, the Canadian … the United States and Canada, prohibition was part of a broad political, economic, and social coalition termed the …

public smoking bans. The effectiveness of youth access laws is still disputed, however, as are the costs of public smoking … in localities that are strongly frequented by youths. In contrast, there is no evidence that a country-wide smoking ban … legal smoking age affected cigarette purchases by youths. Finally, state-level smoking bans appear to have reduced indoor …

This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. It presents a … theoretical model and tests its predictions using unique data from before and after the introduction of smoking bans in the UK … smoking and non-smoking pubs (which can be operationalized via licensing). If the market equilibrium has almost all pubs …

public smoking bans. The effectiveness of youth access laws is still disputed, however, as are the costs of public smoking … in localities that are strongly frequented by youths. In contrast, there is no evidence that a country-wide smoking ban … legal smoking age affected cigarette purchases by youths. Finally, state-level smoking bans appear to have reduced indoor …

This paper examines the effect of tobacco advertising bans on youth smoking prevalence in developing countries. Despite … step in dealing with youth smoking. Using a Bayesian learning model, the paper first develops a plausible mechanism for an … effect of advertising bans on youth smoking. Advertising is hypothesized to alter youth perceptions of the ubiquity of …

Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and … bans. Drawing upon quasi-experimental evidence from Russia, which introduced a WSB (in addition to a ban on smoking in … findings. First, unlike previous studies that focus on smoking bans in public places, we find robust evidence that WSBs …