The Effects of Public Place Smoking Restrictions on Individual Smoking Behaviour in Australia

Hong-il Yoo ()
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Hong-il Yoo: School of Economics, University of New South Wales

No 2008-24, Discussion Papers from School of Economics, The University of New South Wales

Abstract: While smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in Australia, existing policy options, except for bans on smoking at public places, seem to have limited scope for expansion. Eight new smoking bans, introduced in six different Australian jurisdictions over 2003 and 2005, provide a basis for evaluation. The analysis extends a popular two-part model of smoking behaviour by GLM and correlated random effect models. Difference-in-differences estimation using 4 waves of the Household, Income, Labour Dynamics Australia Survey indicates that neither the probability nor the intensity of smoking was affected. The results are robust to alternative specifications and estimation methods.

Keywords: smoking; smoke-free law; tobacco regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2008-11
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