I show that an advertising ban is more likely to increase — rather than decrease — total consumption when advertising … allowing firms to command higher prices). In this case, the main impact of a ban on advertising is to reduce equilibrium prices …-ante (i.e. without advertising) similar and advertising is of the 'price-increasing' type. The ban is the more likely to …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary …, restrictions on purchase and use, providing information, and restricting advertising. The chapter concludes with suggestions for …

tobacco control policies, such as restrictions on advertising, of special interest due to their prominence in debates about …While the tobacco industry ranks among the most substantial and successful of economic enterprises, tobacco consumption … is associated with more deaths than any other product. Economic analysis of the markets for tobacco products …