children and infants. A rationale for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from … reducing adult cigarette consumption and declines in adult ETS exposure extend to children. However, if smokers compensate by … these policies may have a harmful effect on children and infants. This study provides estimates of how comprehensive smoking …

estimates suggest that children receiving subsidized care in the year before kindergarten score lower on tests of cognitive … time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime …