The impact of tobacco control expenditures on smoking initiation and cessation.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_AFB21C08D4E5
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
The impact of tobacco control expenditures on smoking initiation and cessation.
Journal
Health economics
Author(s)
Marti J.
ISSN
1099-1050 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1057-9230
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
23
Number
12
Pages
1397-1410
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Between 1997 and 2007, smoking prevalence declined from 33% to 28% in Switzerland. Over the same period, funding for tobacco control activities significantly increased, resulting in the implementation of a large variety of national and regional interventions. In this paper, I exploit variation over time and across cantons of tobacco control expenditures to examine the impact of these policies on smoking decisions. I use retrospective smoking information from the Swiss Health Survey (2007) and find that tobacco control expenditures decreased the probability of smoking initiation among adolescents and young adults and increased cessation rates in the general population of smokers. I estimate that if funding had been kept at the 1997 level, there would have been 107,000 additional smokers in 2007.
Keywords
Adult, Aged, Female, Health Promotion/economics, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Smoke-Free Policy, Smoking/economics, Smoking/epidemiology, Smoking Cessation/economics, Switzerland/epidemiology, Tobacco Use Disorder/prevention & control, Young Adult, Switzerland, discrete-time hazard, smoking cessation, smoking initiation, tobacco control expenditures
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Web of science
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