One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior
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This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's federal states. We exploit this variation to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, our difference-in-differences estimates show that the introduction of smoke-free legislation in Germany did not change average smoking behavior within the population. However, our estimates point to important heterogeneous effects. Individuals who go out more often to bars and restaurants did adjust their smoking behavior. Following the ban, they became less likely to smoke and also smoked less.
- University of Essex United Kingdom
- Institute for the Study of Labor Germany
- University of Duisburg-Essen Germany
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany
- Leibniz Association Germany
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Adult, Male, Restaurants, Public smoking bans, smoking, cigarette consumption, treatment effects, Wirkungsanalyse, Treatment effects, smoking, cigarette consumption, Germany, public smoking bans, smoking, cigarette consumption, treatment effects, Humans, Konsumentenverhalten, Public smoking bans, Longitudinal Studies, Cigarette consumption, Deutschland, Social Behavior, Rauchen, C33, Public smoking bans; smoking; cigarette consumption; treatment effects, I18, ddc:330, I12, K32, Smoking, treatment effects, Middle Aged, Public smoking bans,smoking,cigarette consumption,treatment effects, Female, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, Public smoking bans,Smoking,Cigarette consumption,Treatment effects, jel: jel:C33, jel: jel:I12, jel: jel:K32, jel: jel:I18
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