The Effectiveness of Anti-Smoking Legislation: A Review
这篇综述梳理经济学文献,评估各国通过非价格控制(如广告禁令、健康警示、工作场所禁烟)和价格措施(如提高烟草税)来减少烟草消费的效果,并为政府干预其他烟草产品提供建议。
This survey focuses on government efforts to curb the use of undesirable goods, notably tobacco products. We synthesize the economics literature and examine the effectiveness of government curbs on tobacco consumption through non-price controls (such as bans on cigarette advertising, health warnings, and workplace smoking bans) and price measures (or higher prices through higher taxes). This literature review is unique in that we do not merely aim to provide a summary of the literature. Rather, our main focus is to draw conclusions from the literature regarding the effectiveness of alternate policy measures across countries in checking smoking and to provide directions/suggestions for extending the scope of government intervention to other tobacco products.