This paper estimates the effects of friends' health behaviors, smoking and drinking, on own health behaviors for … friends' health behaviors is identified by comparing similar individuals who have the same friendship opportunities because … so that the model is identified based on across grade differences in the clustering of health behaviors within specific …

This paper estimates peer influences on the alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use of a school based sample of UK 15 year …

also affect drinking. This paper studies smoking bans’ effects on alcohol consumption and smoking behavior. I estimate a …-per-month (5%) increase in intensive-margin alcohol consumption, driven by changes in bar and restaurant consumption. I find no … in the form of increased alcohol consumption …

amplification. These results are consistent with studies finding that people consistently overestimate peer consumption of alcohol …

-group influences on the propensity to engage in five different activities: drug use, alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, church going … activities analyzed (drug use and alcohol drinking). On the whole, these results confirm the findings of previous research …