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Smokeless Tobacco Use Following Smoking Bans in Bars
Author(s) -
Adams Scott,
Cotti Chad D.,
Fuhrmann Daniel M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
southern economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 2325-8012
pISSN - 0038-4038
DOI - 10.4284/0038-4038-2011.222
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , nicotine , nicotine dependence , consumption (sociology) , environmental health , tobacco use , medicine , art , population , aesthetics
We test for a unique form of compensatory behavior among smokers who wish to continue their nicotine consumption following the smoking bans placed on bars. We find a substantial increase in smokeless tobacco use among smokers, particularly those who drink and are of typical bar‐going age. We also find that everyday smokers, who clearly have the strongest nicotine dependence, are more likely to increase smokeless‐tobacco use than occasional smokers are.