Dave, Dhaval; Kaestner, Robert; Wehby, George - 2016
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 …