In the present paper it will be shown empirically that smoking decreases labour productivity. Panel data analysis is …

rational addiction model. It is also empirically convenient because it is simple, it allows using efficient estimation … application we estimate the demand for smoking in the US from 1970 to 2016, and we show that it is consistent with the rational …

on morbidity and mortality. We show that health based selection into smoking has increased over the last fifty years with … knowledge of its health effects. We show that the effect of smoking on mortality is higher for high educated individuals and for …We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to …