primary conclusion of this research is that a comprehensive set of tobacco advertising bans can reduce tobacco consumption and … that a limited set of tobacco advertising bans will have little of no effect. The regression results indicate that a … comprehensive set of tobacco advertising bans can reduce consumption by 6.3 percent. The regression results also indicate that the …

The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between alcohol advertising bans and alcohol … advertising bans as endogenous. The primary conclusions of this study are that alcohol advertising bans decrease alcohol … consumption and that alcohol consumption has a positive effect on the legislation of advertising bans. The results indicate that …

This paper explores the origins and impact of "truth-in-advertising" regulation during the Progressive era. Was … advertising regulation adopted in response to rent-seeking on the part of firms who sought to limit the availability of … advertising as a competitive device? Or was advertising regulation desired because it furnished a mechanism through which firms …

Attempts to curb undesired behavior through regulation gets complicated when agents can adapt to circumvent enforcement …

Bans on menthol cigarettes have been recommended by the World Health Organization, adopted throughout the European … immediately after menthol bans, with no meaningful effect on non-menthol sales. Survey data confirm that provincial menthol bans …: provincial menthol bans significantly increased non-menthol cigarette smoking among youths, resulting in no overall net change in …

: differences in youth responsiveness to changes in price or tobacco control policies. Using data from the 1992-1994 Monitoring the … in responsiveness to particular tobacco control policies. Smoking rates among white youths are responsive to anti-tobacco …

Alcohol consumption has been frequently linked to family violence. The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct … relationship between the price of alcohol, which determines consumption, and violence towards spouses. The data come from the 1985 … of alcohol, as measured by a weighted average of the price of alcohol from beer, wine, and liquor, will serve to reduce …

are often controversial. Economists have contributed to the evaluation of alcohol policy through empirical work on the … effects of alcohol-control measures on consumption and its consequences. Economics has also provided an accounting framework …, economists have analyzed alcohol consumption in the context of stretching the standard model of consumer choice to include …