TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tauras,John A.
AU  - Chaloupka,Frank J.
TI  - Determinants of Smoking Cessation:  An Analysis of Young Adult Men and Women
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 7262
PY  - 1999
Y2  - July 1999
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7262
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7262.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
John A. Tauras
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Economics (m/c 144)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
601 S. Morgan Street, Room 707
Chicago, IL  60607
Tel: 312/413-3289
Fax: 312/996-3344
E-Mail: tauras@uic.edu

Frank J. Chaloupka, IV
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Economics (m/c 144)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
601 S. Morgan Street, Room 713
Chicago, IL  60607-7121
Tel: 312/413-2287
Fax: 312/996-3344;630/801-8870
E-Mail: fjc@uic.edu
AB  - Substantial econometric efforts have been devoted to examining the impacts prices and tobacco control policies have on smoking propensity and intensity.  However, little is known about the effects prices, smoking restrictions, and other influences have on smoking cessation.  This paper uses longitudinal data from the Monitoring the Future Surveys, augmented with cigarette price and policy-related measures to estimate smoking cessation equations for young adult males and females separately.  The estimates clearly indicate that increases in cigarette prices would lead a significant number of young adults to quit smoking.  In addition, policies restricting smoking in private worksites increase the probability of smoking cessation among employed young adult females.
ER  -