We control for different forms of duration dependence in every model (see the online supplemental table A2)
Industry opponents typically have larger coffers and can afford to run large media campaigns to sway public opinion
I was intrigued in the article (linked by chase) that pipes and cigars have a slightly different status than cigarettes, and there is a sort of unspoken dispensation for older people, mostly men, who smoke pipes and cigars
The newly released 4th edition of the Economics for Health Cigarette Tax Scorecard scores cigarette tax policy performance in 171 countries on a five-point scale using data from the World Health Organization's biennial Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, providing policy makers with an actionable assessment of their country's cigarette tax policy
But we need to remember that the manufacturers of these devices are intent on increasing sales, increasing the number of users, and doing everything they can to make the delivery systems as attractive as possible
"It means you can pave the way and you get a lot of tremendous publicity for being bold and courageous