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 …

for e-cigarettes is motivated more by smokers' health concerns than by the desire to avoid smoking bans or higher prices …

market in China – affects their fathers' smoking behavior. We utilize two household longitudinal surveys as well as a random … subsample of the China Population Census to examine fathers' smoking in response to skewed sex ratios. Strikingly, fathers smoke … ratios among children and intense smoking among fathers. Considering worsening sex ratios and highly competitive marriage …

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 …

Decision-making in the realm of health behaviors, such as smoking or drinking, is influenced both by biological factors …. We show how the choice of smoking after a cardio-vascular health shock is jointly determined by the interplay between … points more likely to reduce smoking, but this is true only for those who have a low index of genetic predisposition to …

We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … potential mates, and over their socioeconomic quality. Spousal smoking is bad for non-smokers, but it is neutral for smokers …, while individuals always prefer high socioeconomic quality. Furthermore, there is a gender difference in smoking prevalence …