This article comprehensively examines the impact of recent smoking control policies in Japan, increases in cigarette … taxes and the enforcement of the Health Promotion Law, on individual smoking choice by using multi-year and nationwide … simple binary choice model based on a random utility model to examine the effects of smoking control policies on individual …

was employed to evaluate: [1] health benefits (premature deaths averted); [2] health expenditures regarding smoking … health gains, Out-of-Pocket (OOP) savings, and financial risk protection against smoking-related diseases. …

This paper examines the effect of job stress on two key health risk-behaviors: smoking and alcohol consumption, using … effect of job stress on smoking and drinking may largely depend on unobserved characteristics such as: self control, stress … responses to job stress. Our results suggest that the effects of job stress on smoking and alcohol consumption differ …

parameters can successfully predict smoking status, including cigarette dependence. Both the present bias and the constant time … preference parameters account for smoking behavior status and cigarette dependence. …

Background: Smoking increases the risk of complications and related costs after an orthopaedic fracture. Research in … other populations suggests that a one-time payment may incentivize smoking cessation. However, little is known on fracture … patients' willingness to accept financial incentives to stop smoking; and the level of incentive required to motivate smoking …

, smoking during pregnancy, interval to subsequent pregnancy and A&E attendance or inpatient admission was conducted. These … search yielded 3665 papers, 43 of which were considered appropriate for inclusion. Of these, 29 were relating to smoking … subsequent pregnancy. Consistent associations were found between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the effects this has on …