Bøger af Frank A. Sloan

Quantification of the costs of smoking for the individual smoker and of the costs imposed on family and society.

Synthesizes the empirical research findings on the relationship between law and the public's health that are found scattered in different literature ranging from economic journals to medical journals, journals on addictive behaviors, law reviews, and books.

This student solutions manual for Health Economics provides answers to the odd-numbered exercises.

The authors find that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about longevity and future health if they quit later in life. Smokers over 50 revise their perceptions only after a major health shock. If smokers are informed of long-term consequences and are told that quitting can come too late, they are able to evaluate the risks more accurately.