The Effect of the Recent Anti-Tobacco Policies on Curbing Smoking in Kazakhstan
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Date
2020
Authors
Bakbergenova, Meruyert
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Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities
Abstract
This paper analyzes the effects of recent tobacco control policies on smoking behavior in
Kazakhstan. Exploiting data on cigarette smoking from the Global Adults Tobacco Survey
(GATS) collected in 2014 and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) collected in 2011
and 2015, I examine the effectiveness of anti-tobacco policies using a two-part model. In
particular, I analyze smoking participation and intensity separately for men and women. Due
to differences in sample distributions across surveys, I implement Propensity Score Matching
(PSM) to balance the data. My findings suggest that the recent tobacco control policies indeed
reduced both smoking participation and intensity for men, but not for women.
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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MICS, Global Adults Tobacco Survey, GATS, Propensity Score Matching, PSM, Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES