Do tobacco taxes influence starting and quitting smoking? A discrete choice approach using evidence from a sample of Irish women

David Madden ()

No 200205, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper uses a discrete choice approach to investigate factors influencing starting and quitting smoking, in particular the role of tobacco taxes. Standard probit analysis is applied to both starting and quitting. Tobacco taxes appear to exert a negative influence over decisions to start smoking, but their effect on quitting smoking is less clearcut.

Keywords: Probit; Ordered probit; Smoking; Smoking--Statistical methods; Tobacco--Taxation; Women--Tobacco use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 D12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-02
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