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Tobacco Sales Prohibition and Teen Smoking
Discussion paper / Internet publication
 
ID 4522271
Author(s) Meier, Armando N.; Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois
Author(s) at UniBasel Stutzer, Alois
Odermatt, Reto
Meier, Armando Nicolas
Year 2019
Month and day 03-01
Title Tobacco Sales Prohibition and Teen Smoking
Series title Discussion Papers Series
Number 12231
Pages 67
Publisher / Institution IZA
URL http://ftp.iza.org/dp12231.pdf
Abstract We evaluate one of the most prevalent prohibitory policies: banning the sales of tobacco to teens. We exploit the staggered introduction of sales bans across Switzerland and the European Union from 1990 to 2016. The estimates indicate a less than 1 percentage point reduction in teen smoking because of the bans. The reduction is substantially lower than the 5 percentage point reduction expected by health officials. We examine additional outcomes relevant to assessing any prohibitory policy. We find that teens circumvent the bans through peers. Moreover, they consider smokers less cool but do not think smoking is more dangerous.
ISSN 2365-9793
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/73441/
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