Tobacco Control Policy [Paperback]

Required reading for anyone wishing to be conversant with tobacco control policy, the book is edited by Kenneth E. Warner—dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan and a leading tobacco policy researcher—who leads with an overview of the field.  Warner’s overview is supported by reprints of some of the field’s most significant articles, written by leading scholars and practitioners. The topics discussed are:

• Taxation and Price
• Clean Indoor Air Laws
• Advertising, Ad Bans, and Counteradvertising
• Possession, Use, and Purchase (PUP) Laws and Sales to Minors
• Cessation Policy
• Comprehensive State Laws

Foreword (Risa Lavizzo-Mourey).

Series Editors’ Introduction (Stephen L. Isaacs, James R. Knickman).

Editor’s Introduction (Kenneth E. Warner).

Section One: A Review of the Field.

1. Tobacco Policy Research: Insights and Contributions to Public Health Policy (Kenneth E. Warner).

Section Two: Taxation and Price.

Reprints of Key Articles.

2. The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Smoking (Eugene M. Lewit, Douglas Coate, Michael Grossman).

3. Smoking and Health Implications of a Change in the Federal Cigarette Excise Tax (Kenneth E. Warner).

4. An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction (Gary S. Becker, Michael Grossman, Kevin M. Murphy).

5. Is Addiction “Rational”? Theory and Evidence (Jonathan Gruber, Botond Köszegi).&lƒ¡