Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Carpenter, Christopher; Postolek, Sabina; Warman, Casey
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Irvine; Queens University - Canada
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.3.35
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 35-61
• 关键词: indoor-air laws; secondhand smoke; workplace smoking; 2nd-hand smoke; nicotine; bans; Abortion; workers; demand; bar

摘要

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using data with questions about respondents' ETS exposure in public and private places. In fixed effects models we find these laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure, especially in bars and restaurants. We do not find significant evidence of ETS displacement to private homes. Our results indicate wide latitude for health improvements from banning smoking in public places. (JEL D12, H75, I12, I18, Q51)