Changes in U.S. Hospitalization and Mortality Rates Following Smoking Bans

Kanaka D. Shetty, Thomas DeLeire (), Chapin White and Jayanta Bhattacharya

No 14790, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: U.S. state and local governments are increasingly restricting smoking in public places. This paper analyzes nationally representative databases, including the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, to compare short-term changes in mortality and hospitalization rates in smoking-restricted regions with control regions. In contrast with smaller regional studies, we find that workplace bans are not associated with statistically significant short-term declines in mortality or hospital admissions for myocardial infarction or other diseases. An analysis simulating smaller studies using subsamples reveals that large short-term increases in myocardial infarction incidence following a workplace ban are as common as the large decreases reported in the published literature.

JEL-codes: I1 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-03
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Published as Kanaka D. Shetty & Thomas DeLeire & Chapin White & Jayanta Bhattacharya, 2011. "Changes in U.S. hospitalization and mortality rates following smoking bans," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(1), pages 6-28, December.

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