Amialchuk, Aliaksandr; Bornukova, Kateryna; Ali, Mir M. - Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center - 2012
It has been hypothesized that the rising obesity rates in many countries are an unintended consequence of anti-smoking … policies. However, evidence of a causal effect of smoking on body weight is mixed. Using a large nationally representative …) and on the probability of being overweight and obese. We instrument smoking variable using cigarette prices and group …
