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Abstract
While much is known about the impact of public policy on current cigarette smoking
among adults, very little is known about the determinants of some-day smoking. This
paper investigates the impact of cigarette prices, clean indoor air laws, and other socioeconomic
factors on adult cigarette demand. Special emphasis is placed on examining the
determinants of some-day smoking among adults. The estimates from this study clearly
indicate that increasing the price of cigarettes, will decrease the number of people who
currently smoke, will decrease the number of every-day smokers, and will decrease the
number of cigarettes smoked on average among some-day smokers. Finally, clean indoor
air laws are found to have a limited impact on current and some-day smoking.