behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …

adopt new negative health behaviors, specifically cigarette smoking, harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption, or marijuana … consumption. We find that, net of controls and the other two recessionary hardships, unemployment experience was associated with …

alcohol and smoking. To date, the two contagion mechanisms have been considered observationally inseparable, but this study … friends of friends) using a network exposure model. Peer influence was tested using a logistic regression model of alcohol …

physical activity, and amount of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. Depression significantly mediated the association … depression. Health damaging behaviors like unhealthy eating, smoking, and alcohol use may be used to cope, contributing to …