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

meaningful and plausible. We also find evidence of an increase in prenatal care use and a decline in smoking during pregnancy …

This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio …-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their … smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly, but significantly. In particular, single individuals as well as those with …

We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … potential mates, and over their socioeconomic quality. Spousal smoking is bad for non-smokers, but it is neutral for smokers …, while individuals always prefer high socioeconomic quality. Furthermore, there is a gender difference in smoking prevalence …

Social interactions are generally thought to play an important role in smoking initiation among adolescents. In this … endogenous peer effect. We show that peer effects in the uptake of smoking are predominantly affecting individuals who are …

Aims: To investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between personality and smoking, and test whether …, conscientiousness and openness to experience) were used as exposures. Outcomes were current smoking status (current smoker, ex …-smoker, and never smoker), smoking initiation, smoking relapse, and smoking cessation. Associations between personality and …