Tobacco regulation has been a major component of health policy in the developed world
since the UK Royal College of Physicians' and the US Surgeon General's reports in the …

The Coase theorem is one of the most influential and controversial ideas to emerge from
post–World War II economics. This article examines the theorem's origins, diffusion, and the …

We evaluate the effect of smoking bans and excise taxes on the exposure to tobacco smoke
of nonsmokers, and we show their unintended consequences on children. Smoking bans …

An important externality of smoking is the harm it might cause to those who do not smoke.
This paper examines the impact on birth outcomes of children of female workers who are …

Using geographic variation in local and state smoke-free bar laws in the US, we observe an
increase in fatal accidents involving alcohol following bans on smoking in bars that is not …

In this paper, we exploit the progressive implementation of smoking bans in public venues at
the state level in Switzerland to evaluate both the direct effects on smoking and the potential …

Using the staggered introduction of smoking bans in the German hospitality industry over
2007–2008, I find a robust 2.4 percent decline in the daily earnings of workers in bars and …

In this paper, we investigate the extent to which the economic outcomes of restaurants, bars,
and cafés have been affected by the introduction of anti‐smoking regulations in Europe. We …

This paper is the first to estimate the economic impact of a comprehensive smoking ban in
all enclosed public places of work, on bars in Ireland. The demand in bars, represented by a …

We provide new evidence on the effects of workplace smoking restrictions by studying more
than 100 local smoking ordinances in Ontario, Canada from 1997–2004. We advance the …