women during late-1980s through mid-1990s to examine the effects of these policy changes on smoking, weight gain and other … associated with approximately a 3 percent increase in smoking and a small increase in pregnancy weight gain for most of the … sample. The increase in smoking, which is a significant cause of poor infant health, may partly explain why Medicaid …

term impact of Head Start participation on smoking behavior in young adulthood by comparing the behavior of adults who …

In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood …

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in … BMI by about 0.21% and the probability of being classified as obese by 0.44 percentage points. Regarding smoking, we find …

attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …

' health. We find that longer working hours increase smoking and decrease self-reported health, and that these impacts are …

attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …

multivariate 5 equation probit model. In that model, lifestyles (diet, exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking) are a function of …

repercussions: cigarette smoking. Correlation between partners' behaviours may be due to correlated effects, as a consequence of … simple bivariate probit reveals a positive correlation between own current smoking and partner's past smoking, which is … consistent with endogenous effects. However, after controlling for individual effects, we find that own current smoking and …

consumption goods involved (smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol) and their role as anxiety reducing goods which suggests that …