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THE DETERMINANTS OF LAWS RESTRICTING YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO
Author(s) -
GALLET CRAIG A.,
HOOVER GARY A.,
LEE JUNSOO
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2008.00130.x
Subject(s) - endogeneity , youth smoking , consumption (sociology) , probit model , tobacco use , probit , economics , business , public economics , variety (cybernetics) , tobacco control , demographic economics , environmental health , econometrics , public health , computer science , medicine , social science , population , nursing , artificial intelligence , sociology
Since many smokers begin consuming tobacco products in their adolescent years, many states have adopted a variety of restrictions on youth access to tobacco, which studies show reduces the demand for tobacco among this cohort. This paper takes a different track by addressing the demand for youth access restrictions. Specifically, using a random effects Probit procedure, which controls for the endogeneity of cigarette consumption and taxation, we examine the determinants of nine methods commonly used by states to restrict youth access to tobacco . ( JEL H70, I18)