We provide new evidence on the extent to which the demand for cigarettes is derived from the demand for weight control …, among teenagers who smoke frequently, 46% of girls and 30% of boys are smoking in part to control their weight. This … about the right weight. The derived demand for cigarettes has important implications for tax policy. Under reasonable …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary … lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

school leads to heavier weight or greater risk of overweight or obesity among children. We also find limited evidence that …In response to the increase in children’s weight in recent decades, many states, school districts, and schools in the … potential to reduce childhood overweight and obesity, but their effectiveness has not been evaluated. Using a large nationally …

This research examines the relative effectiveness of various smoking control initiatives in lowering U.S. smoking … restrictions on smokers lower smoking prevalence, while those directed at retailers are largely ineffective. Upon disaggregation …, territorial restrictions banning smoking in restaurants are found to be effective, whereas those in workplaces and in bars do not …

We estimated the relationship between weight status and earnings among women participating in the Cebu Longitudinal … the analysis. We used fixed effects estimation to account for unobserved time invariant characteristics related to weight … overweight women in Cebu (Philippines) were not less than women of normal weight. The relation between earnings and weight exists …