This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and, by tracing back these individuals within the panel...

Vor dem Hintergrund des sich in Deutschland vollziehenden demographischen Wandels steht das deutsche Gesundheitswesen vor großen Herausforderungen. Dies betrifft in besonderem Maße die im Rahmen der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung erbrachte Versorgung mit Gesundheitsleistungen. Während die...

It is well known that smoking causes severe adverse health effects, and it seems evident that governments are justified or even obliged to implement measures of tobacco control to mitigate these effects. Yet, as this paper argues with a distinct focus on Germany, the three most important and...

The question of whether two drugs - namely alcohol and tobacco - are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and...