THE IMPACT OF PRICES AND CONTROL POLICIES ON CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS |
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| Authors: | C Czart RL Pacula RJ Chaloupka H Wechsler |
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| Institution: | Department of Economics (M/C 144), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607-7121, USA, Phone: 1 847 698 6923, Fax: 1 312 996 3344 E-mail:;National Bureau of Economic Research, and RAND, 1700 Main St., PO Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA, Phone: 1 310 393 0411, Fax: 1 310 451 6930 E-mail:;National Bureau of Economic Research, and Department of Economics (M/C 144), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607-7121, USA, Phone: 1 630 801 0829, Fax: 1 630 801 8870 E-mail:;College Alcohol Studies Program, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Kresge Building, Room 704a, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Phone: 1 617 432 1137, Fax: 1 617 432 3755 E-mail: |
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| Abstract: | Smoking among youths and young adults rose throughout the 1990s. Numerous policies were enacted to try to reverse this trend. However, little is known about the impact these policies have on the smoking behavior of young adults. This article uses a dichotomous indicator of daily smoking participation in the past 30 days, an ordered measure representing the frequency of cigarette consumption, and a quasi-continuous measure of the number of cigarettes smoked per day on average to examine the impact of cigarette prices, clean indoor air laws, and campus-level smoking policies on the smoking behaviors of a 1997 cross section of college students. The results of the analysis indicate that higher cigarette prices are associated with lower smoking participation and lower levels of use among college student smokers. Local- and state-level clean indoor air restrictions have a cumulative impact on the level of smoking by current smokers. Complete smoking bans on college campuses are associated with lower levels of smoking among current smokers but have no significant impact on smoking participation. Bans on cigarette advertising on campus as well as bans on the sale of cigarettes on campus have no significant effect on the smoking behavior of college students. |
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