NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Men, Women, and Addiction: The Case of Cigarette Smoking

Frank J. Chaloupka

NBER Working Paper No. 3267*
Issued in February 1990
NBER Program(s):   HE

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Cigarette demand equations, derived from the Becker-Murphy

model of rational addictive behavior, are estimated separately for

men and women. These demand equations account for the reinforcement,

tolerance, and withdrawal factors characterizing addictive

consumption. Results obtained from these demand equations support

the hypothesis that cigarette smoking is an addictive behavior.

Particularly interesting are the findings that men are responsive

to changes in the price of cigarettes, with a long run price

elasticity centered on -0.60, while women are virtually unresponsive

to price changes. Men, however, are found to behave more

myopically than women.

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