selection effect and obtain consistent estimates of the effect of smoking on mortality. We implement our method on Swedish data …. We show that there is selection into smoking, and considerable dispersion around the average effect, so that health … years of life gained than previously estimated. We also empirically show that selection into smoking has increased over the …

selection effect and obtain consistent estimates of the effect of smoking on mortality. We implement our method on Swedish data …. We show that there is selection into smoking, and considerable dispersion around the average effect, so that health … years of life gained than previously estimated. We also empirically show that selection into smoking has increased over the …

example, through diet), and its depreciation (for example, through smoking). Selection effects are apparent. Smoking is taken … function" by which cigarette smoking transmits harm. In short, the harm done depends on who does the smoking. Outcome is not … evident in males, who die in alarming numbers compared to smoking females. If cost of hazardous consumption depends …

This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations … from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and pollution data. Smoking bans in bars and restaurants have been effective …

application we estimate the demand for smoking in the US from 1970 to 2016, and we show that it is consistent with the rational …

This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations … from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and pollution data. Smoking bans in bars and restaurants have been effective …

, CABG, are more likely to improve their behavior - eating, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases … behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period …

Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti-smoking … policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to … a teenager, which are arguably exogenous, on adult smoking participation and mortality. A one-dollar increase in teenage …