Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/47322 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 2011,07
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper aims at i) providing effect estimates of a wide range of covariates and traditional policy means to increase the smoking cessation rate, ii) offering evidence on alternative interventions for health authorities, and iii) examining and comparing three groups of smokers with varying lengths of their smoking career (including one group that has smoked Ï 25 years). All smokers have been subject to a three-wave cardiovascular screening and followed up over a maximum of 14 years. This rich panel data set has been merged with administrative registers. A flexible discrete-time duration model is used to examine the effect of 5 categories of explanatory variables: personal characteristics; indicators of addiction status; economic factors; health and health shock variables; governmental interventions. Most covariates differ across groups, but for all groups did the screening participation years stand out as important. Possible policy implications for future cessation interventions are discussed.
Subjects: 
Smoking behaviour
Cigarette cessation
Duration model
Quitting hazard
Long-term smokers
Health status and shocks
Screening
Policy intervention
Panel data
JEL: 
C23
C24
C41
I12
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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