Tobacco use, which is rising quickly in developing countries, kills 5.4 million people a year worldwide. This paper explores the impacts of mobile phone ownership on tobacco consumption. Indeed, mobile phone ownership could affect tobacco consumption because individuals might pay for their communication with money they would have spent on tobacco. Using panel data from 2,100 households in 135 communities of the Philippines collected in 2003 and 2006...
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2008/06/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS4657
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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So you want to quit smoking : have you tried a mobile phone ?
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tobacco consumption