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14.21 Final Problem Set
14.21 Final Problem Set
The comments:
The deceleration in the upward trend of the quit rate after 2010 (Figure 3) is
consistent with diminishing marginal returns to tobacco control policies.
What we cannot determine from this study are two critical counterfactuals –
namely, (i) what would have been the impact on quit rates if the order of these
measures had been reversed or (ii) if the time intervals between them had increased
The deceleration in the upward trend of the quit rate after 2010 (Figure 3) is
consistent with diminishing marginal returns to tobacco control policies.
Possibility:
Ban on smoking in enclosed public space reduced the number of people smoking