Table 1.
Variable definition, NLSY97, 1997–2009.
| Variables | Description |
|---|---|
| State-level policy and other controls, time-variant | |
| SFA_bar_law | Indicator equals 1 if the state has SFA laws with exemptions (designated areas or ventilation standards), 0 otherwise. |
| SFA_bar_ban | Indicator equals 1 if the state has 100% SFA laws with no exemption in bars, 0 otherwise. |
| SFA_Restaurant | SFA law scores ranging from 0–3 (none–100% SFA law with no exemption). |
| SFA_Policy_index | Average of SFA law scores in 11 venues divided by the maximum possible score 43, ranges from 0–1. |
| Cigarette Tax | Average cigarette taxes in 2009 dollars for the calendar year, federal tax included. |
| PUP Index | Laws prohibit minors from possessing, using and purchasing tobacco: 0–no law, 1–3 = 1–3 PUP laws. |
| TC Fund | State tobacco control funds in 1982–84 dollars |
| Individual-level Variables, time-variant | |
| Outcome variables | |
| Initiation-one puff | Indicator equals 0 if the respondent has never smoked; 1 if starts smoking, even one-puff. |
| Daily smoking initiation | Indicator equals 0 if the respondent has not smoked daily since 1997; 1 if starts smoking daily. |
| Heavy smoking initiation | Indicator equals 0 if the respondent has not smoked ≥ 10sticks per day since 1997, 1 if starts smoking ≥ 10 sticks per day. |
| Smoking relapse into nondaily/daily smoking | Category variables, equals 0 if the respondent remains abstinent; equal 1 if relapses into non-daily smoking; 2 equals if relapses into daily smoking. |
| Smoking relapse into light/heavy smoking | Category variables, equals 0 if the respondent remains abstinent; equal 1 if relapses into light smoking (<10 sticks per day); 2 equals if relapses into heavy smoking (≥10 sticks per day). |
| Duration Dependence | The natural log of years since 10 years old, equals ln(Age – 10). |
| Married | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is married, 0 otherwise. |
| Age < 21 | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is younger than 21 years, 0 otherwise. |
| Employed | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent has worked in employee-type job since last interview, 0 otherwise. |
| School dropout | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is a school dropout, 0 otherwise. |
| Enrolled in high school | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is enrolled in high school, 0 otherwise. |
| High school degree | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent has a high school degree and is not in college, 0 otherwise |
| Enrolled in college | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is enrolled in college, 0 otherwise |
| Individual-level Variables, time-invariant | |
| Male | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is male, 0 otherwise. |
| Hispanic | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is of Hispanic origin, 0 otherwise. |
| Black | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is non-Hispanic Black, 0 otherwise |
| Other | Indicator equals 1 if the respondent is non-Hispanic race other than Black and White, 0 otherwise |