The Hazards of Starting and Quitting Smoking: Some Australian Evidence

The empirical analysis employs individual level data from the Australian Health Survey combined with retrospective data on tobacco price matched to the age at which the individual started and quit smoking. Split-population hazard models are estimated for both starting and quitting smoking. The analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kidd, M., Hopkins, Sandra
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Economic Society of Australia 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28164