Tobacco Control Policies

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ECON 318 Mind Map on Tobacco Control Policies, created by vnguyen29 on 18/02/2014.
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Tobacco Control Policies
  1. Why do we prevent smoking?
    1. Negative externalities
      1. Burden on non-smokers and employers
      2. Lack of self-control
        1. Govt intervention

          Annotations:

          • No smoking in public
          1. Some ppl not aware of health risk

            Annotations:

            • Those who cannot read or write
            1. Some smokers are irrational
              1. Hyperbolic discounting

                Annotations:

                • More weight on current satisfaction and less weight on future satisfaction
            2. Key Tobacco Control Policies
              1. Graphic warnings

                Annotations:

                • Wear out effect: Need to change picture because people are used to the picture (it becomes less effective)
                1. Taxes (Prov & Fed)

                  Annotations:

                  • Policy reduced by - black market/native reserves/smuggling;  -also wealthy people can still buy cigarettes - compensatory behavior: more inhales per cigarette
                  1. Point of sale display bans
                    1. Telephone hot lines
                      1. School education programs
                        1. Youth Access Enforcement

                          Annotations:

                          • Effectiveness reduced when smokers asking cigarettes from non retail sources such as friends and parents; theft (black market)
                          1. Clean air laws
                            1. Media Compaigns
                              1. Advertising bans
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