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 …

, CABG, are more likely to improve their behavior - eating, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases … behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period …

public smoking bans. The effectiveness of youth access laws is still disputed, however, as are the costs of public smoking … in localities that are strongly frequented by youths. In contrast, there is no evidence that a country-wide smoking ban … legal smoking age affected cigarette purchases by youths. Finally, state-level smoking bans appear to have reduced indoor …