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Determinants of smoking cessation: An analysis of young adult men and women ABSTRACT 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.
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