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THE DEMAND FOR CIGARETTES IN JAPAN: IMPACT OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION
Author(s) -
Yorozu Isao,
Zhou Yimin
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1093/cep/20.1.72
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , information dissemination , dissemination , public economics , business , economics , environmental health , political science , medicine , computer science , social science , sociology , world wide web , law
The authors present a theoretical derivation of cigarette demand and estimate the demand in Japan with prefecturE‐level data. By examining the impact of information dissemination regarding the health hazards of smoking, the authors argue that information dissemination is an effective instrument of public health policy, supplementary to cigarette taxation and antismoking ordinances.