Seasonal Effects of Smoking Bans on Cigarette Consumption in Turkey
in: Current Perspectives in Public Finance, İpek Selçuk, Gerçek Adnan, Editor, Peter Lang GmbH – Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin, pp.171-180, 2018
- Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Vocational Book
- Publication Date: 2018
- Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH – Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- City: Berlin
- Page Numbers: pp.171-180
- Editors: İpek Selçuk, Gerçek Adnan, Editor
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In this study, we compare monthly aggregate cigarette sales (consumption) data
before and after the tobacco control policies (including non-price related) went into effect
to see the effects of these anti-smoking measures on declining cigarette consumption in
Turkey. We utilize cigarette sales as a proxy measure for cigarette consumption. Our results
indicate that the enforcement of the early law in 1996 against tobacco was too weak. As a
result, cigarette consumption increased until the 2000s. We also present results after the
public smoking regulations were implemented in 2008, which shows an immediate decline
in cigarette consumption for the adult population in Turkey