In March 2004, Ireland became the first country to introduce a nationwide workplace smoking ban. The primary aim of the ban was to reduce people’s exposure to second-hand smoke. A 95% compliance rate among employers suggests this aim was achieved. By prohibiting smoking in the majority of indoor working places, an effect of the ban was to increase the non-monetary cost of smoking. The aim of this paper is to examine whether the extra non-monetary cost of smoking was concentrated on the employed. A difference-in-differences approach is used to measure changes in smoking behaviour among the employed relative to the non-working population following the introduction of the workplace smoking ban. \ud\udThe research finds that the workplace smoking ban did not induce a greater reduction in smoking prevalence among the employed population compared with the non-working population. In fact, the evidence suggests a significantly larger decrease in smoking prevalence among the non-workers relative to the employed. Changes in the real price of cigarettes and changes in attitudes to risk are discussed as possible causes for the pattern observed.\ud\ud[Click on the related link below to see working paper version of this article]
展开▼
机译:2004年3月,爱尔兰成为第一个在全国范围内实行工作场所吸烟禁令的国家。这项禁令的主要目的是减少人们接触二手烟的机会。雇主中95%的达标率表明该目标得以实现。通过在大多数室内工作场所禁止吸烟,该禁令的效果是增加了吸烟的非货币成本。本文的目的是研究吸烟的额外非货币成本是否集中在雇员身上。在实行工作场所禁烟令之后,采用了差异差异法来衡量就业者相对于非劳动人口的吸烟行为变化。 \ ud \ ud研究发现,与非工作人群相比,工作场所禁烟令并未导致就业人群吸烟率的更大降低。实际上,有证据表明,相对于从业者,非劳动者中吸烟率的下降幅度更大。讨论了卷烟实际价格的变化和对风险的态度的变化,这是观察到的模式的可能原因。\ ud \ ud [单击下面的相关链接,查看本文的工作论文版本]
展开▼