– as prompted by the leading risk factors, such as tobacco consumption, harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets – on the … limited competence in public health, the European Union has progressively recognized the impact of Non-Communicable Diseases …

, drinking, and smoking on weight. We apply a dynamic panel system GMM estimation model to longitudinal (1991-2006) data from …

The economics of addiction -- Smoking can kill you -- Let's drink to your health -- All you can eat -- We know what …

limits reductions in alcohol consumption. Causal estimates are derived from a natural experiment in Illinois where spirits …We show that tax-induced increases in alcohol prices can lead to substantial substitution and avoidance behavior that … construct representative and consistent measures of alcohol prices and sales from scanner data collected for hundreds of …

different degrees of impatience in consumption of tobacco, soft drinks, and alcohol, but not in tortillas. These estimates show …This paper analyzes the hypothesis that Mexican consumers are impatient in the consumption of goods subject to excise … taxes such as tobacco, alcohol and soft drinks. For comparing purposes, the analysis includes the tortilla, the primary food …