peer effects in smoking. We address the endogeneity of peers by looking at the impact of workplace smoking bans on spousal … and peer group smoking. Using these bans as an instrument, we find that individuals whose spouses smoke are 40 percent … smoking bans and individual income becomes stronger at higher levels of aggregation. This social multiplier could explain the …

school to instrument the influence of peer smoking on an individual's own smoking behavior. We argue that this design … alleviates many problems inherent to estimating peer effects. Using this approach, we find the relationship between peer smoking … and individual smoking to be larger than that estimated by prior studies. Further, we explore the reduced form …

Adolescent Health (Add Health). Focusing on friends who had not yet initiated a particular behavior (sex, smoking, marijuana use … also initiates intercourse, holding constant family and individual factors. Similar effects are also present for smoking …

-reported and biomarker measures of tobacco use, to examine the effects of state-level tobacco 21 (T21) laws on smoking and vaping …. T21 laws reduce self-reported cigarette smoking among 18-to-20 year olds, concentrated in males. Initial non-users who … "age-out" of treatment are less likely to subsequently initiate self-reported smoking or vaping. Treated smokers are less …

-cigarette and smoking participation among older adults (ages 25+). Our findings suggest that statewide comprehensive flavor bans may … have generated an unintended consequence by encouraging substitution towards traditional smoking in some populations …

cigarette smoking. Finally, there is no evidence that ENDS flavor restrictions affect ENDS use among adults aged 21 and older or …

Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Because e-cigarettes do not involve the combustion of … tobacco, vaping offers the potential to prevent most of the health consequences of smoking. We study the impact of an … perceptions and vaping and smoking behavior; and national aggregate time-series sales data. We find that after the outbreak …

menthol use and smoking behaviors, many quitting behaviors, and cigarette purchase behaviors. Although menthol use is much … more common among Black smokers, Blacks are less likely to be current smokers, and conditional on current smoking Blacks … are less likely to be daily smokers, are less likely to have started smoking before age 18, smoke fewer cigarettes per day …