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Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) / Christopher Carpenter, Sabina Postolek, Casey Warman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carpenter, Christopher.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w15849.
- NBER working paper series no. w15849
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.
- Summary:
- Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using data with questions about respondents' ETS exposure in public and private places. In fixed-effects models we find these laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure, especially in bars and restaurants. We do not find significant evidence of ETS displacement to private homes. Our results indicate wide latitude for health improvements from banning smoking in public places.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- March 2010.
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