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Cigarettes and Addiction Information: New Evidence in Support of the Rational Addiction Model

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  • Fenn, Aju J.
  • Antonovitz, Frances A.
  • Schroeter, John R.

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A 1979 U.S. Surgeon General's report provided the first conclusive public information of nicotine's addictive effects. We test the hypothesis that cigarette demand was of a "myopic" nature prior to 1979, but forward-looking, or "rational," thereafter.

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  • Fenn, Aju J. & Antonovitz, Frances A. & Schroeter, John R., 2001. "Cigarettes and Addiction Information: New Evidence in Support of the Rational Addiction Model," Staff General Research Papers Archive 5117, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:5117
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