Overview
- Takes an interdisciplinary approach to addictive behaviours, their costs and remedies
- Analyses the impact of Government legislation and taxes on consumption
- Reconciles the conflict between behavioural and neoclassical economics
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Private and Social Costs of Smoking and Their Remedies
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About this book
This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details the consequences of smoking, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by second-hand tobacco smoke exposure as a health risk to children as well as to the general public. The central contribution of Joshua’s work is to address these concerns in terms of the issues of free choice and the market. Considering the various restrictive policies designed to reduce smoking’s prevalence, including the banning of smoking in public places, and the inclusion of warning labels on cigarette packets, Joshua carefully analyses potential economic remedies to the problem of smoking, notably the Pigovian tax. Finally, the book concludes with a highly relevant discussion of corporate social responsibility, and the role that this might play in anti-smoking projects.
This is the first title in a four volume series ‘The Economics of Addictive Behaviours’, which consists of three further volumes on alcohol abuse, illicit drug abuse and overeating.
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About the author
John Joshua taught Economics to undergraduates and postgraduates in Melbourne, Australia, and China for many years. He holds PhDs in Sociology, Education and Economics, and his research interests are in the economic, educational, and psycho-social transformation of developing economies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economics of Addictive Behaviours Volume I
Book Subtitle: The Private and Social Costs of Smoking and Their Remedies
Authors: John Joshua
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46960-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46959-1Published: 18 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83628-7Published: 29 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46960-7Published: 09 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 134
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Health Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Social Policy, Health Psychology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, International Political Economy