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Further Evidence on the Effect of Clean Indoor Air Laws on Smoking: The Italian Case.

The evidence about the effectiveness of anti‐smoking legislation on smoking behavior is mixed. We provide new estimates for Italy using unexplored data drawn from the Household Budget Survey. We show that the smoking ban introduced in 2005 has a significant effect on smoking incidence. According to...

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Published in:Southern Economic Journal Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 1110 - 1133
Main Authors: Celidoni, Martina, Pieroni, Luca, Salmasi, Luca
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2020
Subjects:
Italy
Smoking laws
Household budgets
Household surveys
Aviation law
Evidence
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The evidence about the effectiveness of anti‐smoking legislation on smoking behavior is mixed. We provide new estimates for Italy using unexplored data drawn from the Household Budget Survey. We show that the smoking ban introduced in 2005 has a significant effect on smoking incidence. According to our baseline specification, the ban reduces household‐based smoking prevalence by 1.3 percentage points. Results are robust to the various empirical strategies proposed in the literature, even accounting for seasonality.