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dc.contributor.authorAnger, Silkeen
dc.contributor.authorKvasnicka, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorSiedler, Thomasen
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-16-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-22T09:29:04Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-22T09:29:04Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36741-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, our difference-in-differences estimates show that the introduction of smoke-free legislation in Germany did not change average smoking behavior within the population. However, our estimates also point to important heterogeneous effects. Groups that go out more often, and hence are more exposed to the constraints of public smoking bans in everyday life, did adjust their smoking behavior. Specifically, we find that young, unmarried individuals, and those living in urban areas are groups that are both less likely to smoke and smoke less intensively following the introduction of public smoking bans. Furthermore, effects on individual smoking habits proved stronger in states that had more strict smoking bans. Public smoking bans, therefore, have important health benefits over and above the reduction in exposure of non-smokers to second-hand smoke that is their immediate and prime objective.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x992en
dc.subject.jelI12en
dc.subject.jelK32en
dc.subject.jelI18en
dc.subject.jelC33en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPublic smoking bansen
dc.subject.keywordsmokingen
dc.subject.keywordcigarette consumptionen
dc.subject.keywordtreatment effectsen
dc.subject.stwRauchenen
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwKonsumentenverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleOne last puff? Public smoking bans and smoking behavior-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn623836106en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp992en

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