genders. The same result is found for race. Moreover, a multiplier effect is found. The impact of a tax on youth smoking …This paper examines the role of peer effects in smoking behavior using data of middle and high school students in the … smokings. A Markov process model of smoking interactions between individuals is presented, under the assumption that such …

genders. The same result is found for race. Moreover, a multiplier effect is found. The impact of a tax on youth smoking …This paper examines the role of peer effects in smoking behavior using data of middle and high school students in the … smokings. A Markov process model of smoking interactions between individuals is presented, under the assumption that such …

Social interactions are generally thought to play an important role in smoking initiation among adolescents. In this … endogenous peer effect. We show that peer effects in the uptake of smoking are predominantly affecting individuals who are …

While under communism the identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth … relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …

While under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in … relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …

for e-cigarettes is motivated more by smokers' health concerns than by the desire to avoid smoking bans or higher prices …

adults using the confidential version of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort (NLSY97). Before the … drinking, especially for males, but does not have any significant impact on smoking or marijuana use habits of young adults …

smoke relative to boys, even after we control for parental, sibling, and peer smoking. Importantly, we uncover similar … patterns when analyzing other risky behaviors such as drinking or smoking marijuana. This reinforces the idea that more gender …-equal social norms may come at an extra cost to women's health, as they increasingly engage in risky behaviors (beyond smoking …

cohort composition within a school, we find a strong negative effect of a student's rank on the likelihood of smoking …