Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177642 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 17-074/V
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Our paper investigates the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries. We analyze longitudinal data of individuals by using information about their age of onset of smoking. We apply hazard rate models to study smoking initiation. Thus, we are able to take into account observed and unobserved personal characteristics as well as the effect of the introduction of a variety of tobacco control policies including bans on tobacco advertisements, smoke-free air regulation, health warnings on packages of cigarettes and treatment programs to help smokers quitting. We find that none of these tobacco control policies influence smoking initiation.
Subjects: 
tobacco control policies
smoking initiation
hazard rate models
JEL: 
I12
C41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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