Lighting up and slimming down: The effects of body weight and cigarette prices on adolescent smoking initiation

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-311

  Cawley, John ^a,d   Markowitz, Sara ^b,d   Tauras, John ^c,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Body weight; I0; J1; Smoking

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542513474     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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