タイトル（掲載誌）Discussion Papers In Economics And Business
一般注記* Revised: Response to Health Information: Evidence from Cigarette Consumption and Intake of Nicotine and Tar in Japan [04-12, 2004]
Japan has implemented a number of anti-smoking policies; these includeinformation disclosures, taxation, and smoking bans. These measureshave increased the information available to consumers, as well astax rates on tobacco products. First, this paper shows, theoretically,the association between a lack of information and over-consumptionof cigarettes, and then examines the effects of smoking policies usingmonthly data from 1951 to 1999. Long-term policies have had greatereffects than short-term policies. Taxation has reduced consumption,but income differences have had no significant effect. Following healthdisclosures in 1964 and 1967, many consumers switched to filteredcigarettes and low-nicotine and low-tar products, respectively. Themove to lower tar and nicotine products was further accelerated by the“harmful to health"label applied to cigarettes in 1972, although manysmokers then raised the number of cigarettes they smoked to keep uptheir intake of nicotine. Other policies have decreased cigarette, nicotine,and tar consumption since 1972.
連携機関・データベース国立情報学研究所 : 学術機関リポジトリデータベース（IRDB）（機関リポジトリ）