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This study presents associations between the perceived social rejection of sexual minorities and tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption and unprotected sexual intercourse in the capital of Greece, Athens. This is the first Greek study to evaluate the concept of the minority stress theory on...
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relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …
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relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …
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positive wage effect of about the same size. The wages of females are not affected by smoking and drinking. …
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The goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to achieve nearly universal health insurance coverage through a combination of mandates, subsidies, marketplaces, and Medicaid expansions, most of which took effect in 2014. We use data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine...
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utilization along several dimensions, but also increased risky drinking. These results are driven by the private portions of the …
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cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. We find that mental distress significantly increases the prevalence and …
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This study presents associations between the perceived social rejection of sexual minorities and tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption and unprotected sexual intercourse in the capital of Greece, Athens. This is the first Greek study to evaluate the concept of the minority stress theory on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013257321
The classical Heckman (1976, 1979) selection correction estimator (heckit) is misspecified and inconsistent if an … interaction of the outcome variable and an explanatory variable matters for selection. To address this specification problem, a …
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the smoking cessation rate, ii) offering evidence on alternative interventions for health authorities, and iii) examining … and comparing three groups of smokers with varying lengths of their smoking career (including one group that has smoked … cessation interventions are discussed. -- Smoking behaviour ; Cigarette cessation ; Duration model ; Quitting hazard ; Long …
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