We investigate whether responses to the UK public places smoking ban depend on personality. Drawing on individual level panel data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we exploit variation in the timing and location of these bans to establish their overall effect on smoking outcomes, and how this differs by personality. We measure personality using the Big Five personality traits. We are particularly interested in conscientiousness, given the evidence that it is a good proxy for self-control. Overall, we find that a one standard deviation increase in conscientiousness leads to a 1.4 percentage point reduction in the probability of smoking after the ban. Notably, this is the only Big Five personality trait that interacts with the smoking ban. This finding is very robust to different specifications.

我们调查对英国公共场所禁烟的反应是否取决于人格。根据英国家庭面板调查（BHPS）的个人层面面板数据，我们利用这些禁令在时间和地点上的差异来确定其对吸烟结果的总体影响，以及这在个性方面的差异。我们使用五种人格特质来衡量人格。鉴于有证据表明它是自我控制的良好代表，我们对尽职调查特别感兴趣。总体而言，我们发现，禁令后尽责程度每增加一个标准偏差，吸烟可能性就会降低1.4个百分点。值得注意的是，这是与吸烟禁令相联系的唯一的五大人格特质。这个发现对于不同的规格非常可靠。