THE IMPACT OF ADDICTION INFORMATION ON CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION

Aju Fenn and Frances Antonovitz

No 20857, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Although cigarette producers knew that nicotine was addictive in the early 1960's, this information was not publicly known until the 1979 Surgeon General's Report. This study finds that the release of addiction information caused a structural shift in cigarette demand and estimates the value of the information using consumer surplus measures.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1998
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Working Paper: The Impact of Addiction Information On Cigarette Consumption (1999)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20857

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