peer effects regarding cigarette smoking come from the smoking propensity of the 20% most popular kids, suggesting a … smoking propensity of the bottom 80% seems to have a negative influence on the probability of smoking in the long run (wave 3 … and 4). These results hint to the importance of knowing not only the smoking propensity within a school but also the place …

smokers to stop smoking and stay with them, even though disutility from smoking exceeds utility from social interaction …. Overall, smoking is unduly often accepted when accommodating smoking is the social norm. The introduction of smoking and non-smoking … areas does not overcome this specific inefficiency. We conclude that smoking bans may represent a required (second …

consumption of health-damaging substances. In particular, the paper focuses on studying the smoking intensity of British … cigarette consumption. Results show that HE is endogenous with smoking. Once endogeneity is controlled for, HE is found to have … a higher negative effect on smoking than in models where it is treated as exogenous …

smoking by studying individuals in same-sex households (a large share of whom are in same-sex romantic relationships) from the … 1996-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We find that cigarette taxes significantly reduced smoking among men … result suggests that the sizable disparities in adult smoking rates between heterosexual and sexual minority men would have …

We investigate whether responses to the UK public places smoking ban depend on personality. Drawing on individual level … establish their overall effect on smoking outcomes, and how this differs by personality. We measure personality using the Big … point reduction in the probability of smoking after the ban. Notably, this is the only Big Five personality trait that …

This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations … from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and pollution data. Smoking bans in bars and restaurants have been effective …