Study consumer decisions, about smoking, use of tobacco harm reduction products, and quitting. Study takes an economics approach and is conducted using discrete choice experiments, with the goal of contributing to the evidence base for well-considered regulation of tobacco harm reduction products in the United States
Cheng, Y., Kenkel, D., Mathios, A. & Wang, H. (2023) Are Menthol Smokers Different? An Economics Perspective, Southern Economic Journal, 11, November,
Jin, L. Kenkel, D., Lovenheim, M., Mathios, A., & Wang, H. (2024). Misinformation, Consumer Risk Perceptions, and Markets: The Impact of an Information Shock on Vaping and Smoking Cessation, Economic Inquiry, 62 (4), 1652-1678.
Mathios, A.D., Kenkel, D.S. Introduction to the Special Section on Tobacco Harm Reduction. J Consumer Policy (2024).
Kenkel, D., Mathios, A., Phillips, G., Suryanarayana, R., Wang, H., Zeng, S. (2024). Just What the Doctor Ordered? The Benefits and Costs of E-Cigarette Regulation in Australia, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Kenkel, D., Mathios, A., Phillips, G., Suryanarayana, R., Wang, H., Zeng, S. (2025). Understanding the Demand-Side of an Illegal Market: A Case Study of the Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes, Health Economics, 34(5) 956-971.
Kenkel, D.. Mathios A., Phillips, G., Suryanarayana, T., Wang, H. & Zeng, S. (2025). Consumer Preferences for Cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products in Japan: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment, Applied Economics, 1-16.
Kenkel, D.. Mathios A., Phillips, G., Suryanarayana, T., Wang, H. & Zeng, S. (2026) The Impact of Tobacco Regulations on Smoking and Vaping Southern Economics Journal
Research Briefs (VoxEU and CATO)
Fear or Knowledge: The impact of graphic cigarettes warnings on tobacco product Choices. VoxEU Column (with Kenkel, Phillips, Suryanarayana, Wang, Zeng) (2023)
Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes. Research Briefs in Economic Policy CATO Institute (with Kenkel, Phillips, Suryanarayana, Wang, Zeng), (2024)
Comments Submitted to FDA
Comments (with Professor Kenkel) Before the Food and Drug Administration in Response to A Request for Comment on the Matter of: Tobacco Product Standard for Menthol in Cigarettes: A Proposed Rule by the Food and Drug Administration (Docket FDA-2021-N-1349), 2022
Comments (with Professor Kenkel) Before the Food and Drug Administration in Response to A Request for Comment on the Matter of: Tobacco Product Standard For Nicotine Yield of Cigarettes And Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products: A Proposed Rule by the Food and Drug Administration (Docket FDA-2024-N5471), 20
