Tchernis, Rusty; Teltser, Keith F.; Teotia, Arjun - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Smoking and obesity are the two leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States. Because smoking is subject … to heavy government intervention, understanding the effect of smoking on obesity is important in determining the extent … smoking substantially reduces BMI. However, we find the results are sensitive to specification, functional form, and the …