developing and implementing tobacco control and youth smoking prevention programs should be aware of PM and B&W’s role and … school-based drug prevention program recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce youth smoking … using the keywords “life skills training,†“LST,†and “positive youth development.†Results: Tobacco industry …

We model the future tobacco consumption, size of smoking population and governmental tax revenues in the Czech Republic …. The main assumption of our model states that smokers determine their future tobacco consumption behavior as adolescents …. Further assumptions make the model applicable to the data from the Czech National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug …

. From each school/centre 10 beneficiary students (5 boys and 5 girls) and their respective parents were selected. Further a …The study covered 17 states and 48 districts. Two blocks from each district were selected. Five schools from each block …

data confirmed that it reduces depression and improves self-esteem and school aspirations. These positive impacts on girls …This study investigates the effects of single-sex schooling on students’ mental health, focusing on feeling blue …, happiness, and suicidal ideation. Employing a national-level large-scale dataset regarding middle school students in South Korea …

these based on data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-1). [WP No. 167]. …

one and three years. We conclude that these effects for boys and girls cannot be attributed to problems associated with … earlier research, girls with surviving older sisters had higher mortality rates after their first month of life. Contrary to … earlier research, however, boys with surviving older brothers also have higher mortality rates, at least between the ages of …

period. We also find that surviving girls are shorter. Second, using monthly time series data for 35 years, we again find …Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates … foetal and newborn girls, and on a scale much larger than "dowry deaths" amongst married women which have been the subject of …

to health care and education for girls than for boys. We use a nationally representative survey of Indian households …Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access … (NFHS-3) to conduct the first study that analyzes whether son preference is associated with girls bearing a larger burden of …