Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … Longitudinal Survey (CNLSY). Specifically, we investigate whether prenatal cigarette use and alcohol-use affect children’s behavior … are used to minimize bias from confounding factors. Our results suggest that the relationship between prenatal smoking and …

This article re-examines the relationship alcohol and VIH/Aids, while resorting to another methodological approach that … utilized by Fisher et al., (2007) and Kalichman et al. (2007). We confirm a direct relation of alcohol to the AIDS. …

This study had for objective to measure the link which exists between the alcohol and the corruption, or more exactly …

could be the possible causes of this micro-credit addiction? The objective of this paper was to unravel the causes of what … we call “microcredit addiction” and provide recommendations that will enable the addicted clients to break away from this … the delivery of its core mandate of poverty reduction results in clients’ addiction to micro-credit and, eventually …

dopamine and serotonin neurotransmission and have been previously linked to emotional behavior, anxiety and addiction (5-HTTLPR …

Smoking is a leading cause for diseases and death. Information on factors affecting the smoking status is useful for … policies on smoking reduction, especially in developing countries. This paper examines to what extent individuals …’ characteristics can affect the smoking status using a household survey in Vietnam. It is found that gender and age are the most …

, excessive smoking, or sleepiness, to delay or dismiss a task. One of the main result stands in the fact that the unconscious …

volatility. Hence, there is no need to reject the notion of rationality in agent based models. …