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 …

Black adolescents in the US are less likely to use alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco compared with non-Hispanic Whites … (mean age = 29): N = 11,365). Outcomes included alcohol (including at-risk drinking, defined as 5+/4+ drinks per drinking … age, parents' highest education/income, public assistance, and urbanicity. Results indicate that for alcohol, Whites were …