title: Thank you for not smoking: evidence from the Italian smoking ban.
abstract: By 2030, tobacco is expected to be the cause of about 10 million deaths per year worldwide. In Italy tobacco smoking is still a pervasive and relevant phenomenon. Using data from a national health survey, we investigate how individuals react to the introduction of a public smoking ban in Italy. Our estimates suggest that the Italian smoking ban in private places open to the public reduced smoking prevalence by 1.3% and daily cigarettes consumption by 8%. We find heterogeneous effects by gender, marital status, and region of residence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Bergamo, Italy. paolo.buonanno@unibg.it
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buonanno
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ranzani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D055815:Young Adult