In this paper, using pseudo panel data we analyze the relation between cigarette and alcoholic beverage consumption … other way around. Moreover, we found that alcohol is a gateway for cigarette which further supports our conclusion … concerning the reinforcing effect of alcohol consumption on cigarette consumption. We believe that drinking works as a trigger …

(TOR). TOR can help researchers and marketing managers by explaining how consumers may interpret visuals in advertising …. TOR explains why some visuals thought to be unconnected with the product become relevant in advertising. This study makes … is used to provide greater explanatory power of consumers' interpretation and response to advertising visuals than what …

The retail sector spends millions of dollars each year advertising to consumers. This is a considerable investment for …

, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diversity of diet. The results from a dynamic empirical model suggest that …

their smoking choices. I find that US elderly tend to over-emphasize the importance of their genetic makeup but … underestimate the influence of their health-related choices, such as smoking, on their longevity. This finding can partially explain … effects of their genes and health-related choices on their longevity, then the average smoking rate for the age group analyzed …

Programmers can distribute new software to online users either for a feeas shareware or bundle it with advertising …

present the firstanalysis of this hybrid advertising auction setting. The conventionalwisdom is that brand advertisers (e … bidding forclicks and bidding for impressions. The analysis implies that sellersof online advertising (a) may sometimes prefer …