Chapter 11 The Indirect Impacts of Smoking Bans in Gaming Venues
Current Issues in Health Economics
ISBN: 978-0-85724-155-9, eISBN: 978-0-85724-156-6
Publication date: 15 December 2010
Abstract
Recent changes in smoking laws have influenced gambling behaviour at electronic gaming machine (EGM) venues. In this chapter, we review the literature that examines the interrelationship between gambling, problem gambling, and smoking in order to gauge the indirect effects of smoking bans in gaming venues. We then perform an analysis on the consequences of a smoking ban in Victoria, Australia, that was instituted on 1st September 2002. This analysis investigates the nature of the pattern of drops in local EGM revenue and the impact on the state tax revenue.
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Citation
Hirschberg, J.G. and Lye, J.N. (2010), "Chapter 11 The Indirect Impacts of Smoking Bans in Gaming Venues", Slottje, D. and Tchernis, R. (Ed.) Current Issues in Health Economics (Contributions to Economic Analysis, Vol. 290), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 243-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0573-8555(2010)0000290014
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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