to electricity and health care seem not to affect mortality on extremely hot days. Residential AC appears to be both the …

the National Health Interview Survey to study one such behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage …, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases longevity. To test our hypothesis, we use Medicare records linked to … points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period immediately surrounding their procedure than PCI patients, a result …

: smoking, obesity, heavy alcohol use, and unsafe use of motor vehicles, firearms, and poisonous substances. These risk factors … have moved in opposite directions. Reduced smoking, safer driving and cars, and reduced heavy alcohol use have led to … health improvements, which we estimate at 1.82 years of quality-adjusted life. However, these were roughly offset by …

birth weight and gestational age of the newborns of these mothers. An increase in earnings does not influence the health of …

paper I employ the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to estimate a structural model … caloric intake (adjusted for activity level) and smoking, a set of reduced form equations for these outcomes is estimated …

inequality. Cost savings in terms of improved health, however, are often not cited yet represent another dimension of savings … methods, I show how cycling can lead to improved physical health outcomes. This is turn may carry policy implications in terms …