Study Odermatt & Stutzer (2014): study ZZ Europe 1990

Public

15+ aged, 41 European countries and regions 1990-2011

Survey name

EU-Eurobarometer combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 629930

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Smoking ban

Our Classification

Remarks

Smoking bans are public policies particularly promoted by the WHO Framework Convention in Tobacco Control (FCTC). In response to the atication of the treaty, many countries introduced smoking bans in indoor workplaces, indoor public places, public transport and in bars and restaurants; i.e., the hospitality sector. The rst country in Europe that banned smoking comprehensively was Ireland in March 2004. In the meantime, almost all European countries know some sort of spatial smoking restriction. While in some countries and regions the introduction of the ban occurred on the same date, by spring 2011, there were a total of 30 dierent introduction dates for bans in the 40 countries and regions in our sample.

Distribution

Range: 0-1; M = 0.200; SD = 0.31.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Time since restriction on smoking in public places

Observed Relation with Happiness