An empirical investigation of the social market for cigarettes

(Disponible en anglais seulement.)
Social provision and acquisition of cigarettes among teens are widespread, reciprocal behaviours. This study examined the importance of social sources of cigarettes to teenagers, using data from the Youth Risk Behaviour Survey. Results show that high cigarette prices and smoking restrictions influence teens to borrow cigarettes from peers.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1215


Comment: Youth access to cigarettes is always a hot topic. Youth who smoke will always find ways to get access to cigarettes. It would be interesting to find out what these authors suggest in order to limit future youth access to cigarettes.