Ian Irvine (Concordia University) will be giving a talk “Nicotine, Toxicology and Tobacco Control Policy” in the Behavioural Seminar series as follows:
Speaker: Ian Irvine
Seminar Title: " Nicotine, Toxicology and Tobacco Control Policy "
Abstract:
Smokers not only choose the number of cigarettes to smoke in any given period on the basis of price, they also choose the intensity with which to smoke - that is, how much nicotine to inhale. The possibility that quantity-reducing tax policies may be mitigated, or even completely offset, by higher intensity has been raised recently by Adda and Cornaglia (2006). The objective of the present paper is to build a utility-maximizing model of nicotine use that incorporates both a quantity choice and an intensity choice, each influenced by price. The toxicology literature has long recognized that individuals approach these choices in the framework of nicotine inventory management throughout the day. A utility maximizing model based on these principles can be shown to have several applications to problems that, to date, have lacked an integrated theoretical framework.
Venue: Seminar Room B003/4, Geary Institute
Date: Tuesday 29th January (today)
Time: 1pm
Lunch provided
All welcome.
Speaker: Ian Irvine
Seminar Title: " Nicotine, Toxicology and Tobacco Control Policy "
Abstract:
Smokers not only choose the number of cigarettes to smoke in any given period on the basis of price, they also choose the intensity with which to smoke - that is, how much nicotine to inhale. The possibility that quantity-reducing tax policies may be mitigated, or even completely offset, by higher intensity has been raised recently by Adda and Cornaglia (2006). The objective of the present paper is to build a utility-maximizing model of nicotine use that incorporates both a quantity choice and an intensity choice, each influenced by price. The toxicology literature has long recognized that individuals approach these choices in the framework of nicotine inventory management throughout the day. A utility maximizing model based on these principles can be shown to have several applications to problems that, to date, have lacked an integrated theoretical framework.
Venue: Seminar Room B003/4, Geary Institute
Date: Tuesday 29th January (today)
Time: 1pm
Lunch provided
All welcome.
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