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Are cigarette bans really good economic policy?

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  • Frank Reinhardt
  • David Giles

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This study investigates the quarterly relationship between the quantity of cigarettes sold, real disposable income per capita, and the relative price level of cigarettes in Canada. Careful attention is paid to the nonstationarity of the data and the dynamic specification of the model. It is concluded that cigarette demand is extremely insensitive to price and income changes. This is evidence of the large consumer surplus smokers enjoy and the large revenue increasing potential of a cigarette tax increase policy, as opposed to cigarette bans.

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  • Frank Reinhardt & David Giles, 2001. "Are cigarette bans really good economic policy?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(11), pages 1365-1368.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:33:y:2001:i:11:p:1365-1368
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840010007489
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    JEL classification:

    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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