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 …

While the empirical literature on smoking bans is extensive, little theory has been developed. This paper examines the … welfare impact of smoking bans in an economy where smokers’ utility is reduced by a workplace/public place ban. The government …. Its ability to reduce smoking through taxation is limited by a black market where cigarettes are not taxed. We show that …

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 …