regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of children and infants. A rationale … for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from reducing adult cigarette … of smoking, smoking behaviors, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility … expansions for pregnant women and children during late-1980s through mid-1990s to examine effects on several prenatal health …