Dynamic Effects of Smoking Bans on Addictive Behavior Among Young Adults

Patterns of Birth Cohort‒Specific Smoking Histories in Brazil

“… 51 Recent work has estimated price elasticities of tobacco consumption, 52 the market effects of tobacco tax reforms, 53 and the effects of smoke-free air laws on young adult smoking initiation and cessation. 54 Future evaluations could similarly quantify the separate effects on initiation and cessation so that the impact of policies on smoking prevention versus cessation is better understood. These types of studies offer policy parameters that could be combined with the smoking histories produced in this paper and collectively serve as inputs to models of tobacco use and policy in Brazil.…”