Cause of Death: Drinking More Acceptable Than Smoking in UK
…a loved-one remembered as a smoking bandit: There are many reasons why smoking is not cited on death certificates. One frequently cited reason is the reluctance of doctors to stigmatize…
The war on cigarettes has been fairly successful in some places. But 1 billion humans still smoke — so what comes next?
…a loved-one remembered as a smoking bandit: There are many reasons why smoking is not cited on death certificates. One frequently cited reason is the reluctance of doctors to stigmatize…
Each year, millions of people get sick or die from diseases caused by their own unhealthy behavior. Getting people to change their bad habits – to quit smoking, eat better,…
…correlation in smoking behavior between spouses has discounted the role of bargaining or learning. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which contains information on smoking cessation and spouse’s preferences,…
Photo: kadavy Soon, new warning labels on cigarette packs will have even scarier messages, and photos too. Canada has been doing this for years. Will it reduce smoking? Here are…
…smoking has the largest effect: the decline in cigarette smoking explains about 2% of the increase in the weight measures. The other significant factors explain less. The researchers examined differences…
…see for the massive smoking decline in New York (unless you’re a big tobacco shareholder) is that the drop in smoking may be helping people get fatter. But don’t worry,…
…that it wouldn’t come close to offsetting the downsides of smoking. There are certain reported “health benefits of smoking,” including weight loss, but even for someone who likes finding counterintuitive…
James Hurman, a 30-year-old man from Auckland, N.Z., is selling his smoking habit to the highest bidder. (Apparently, he hasn’t run across StickK, or been offered a percent interest bank…
According to a new study, a statewide workplace smoking ban in Massachusetts may be responsible for a steep drop in heart-attack deaths since 2004. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health,…
Death by fire has declined significantly over the past 100 years, but there’s one surprising policy that may actually increase the prevalence of fires: smoking restrictions and bans. A new…
…movies during this period peaked in 2005 and then progressively declined. Top-grossing movies released in 2009 contained 49% of the number of onscreen smoking incidents as observed in 2005 (1,935…
Even in Ireland and Italy? And why, meanwhile, are bans on things like file-sharing failing so miserably? Henry Farrell at the Crooked Timber blog argues that smoking bans succeed in…
A recent outbreak of illness and death has gotten everyone’s attention — including late-to-the-game regulators. But would a ban on e-cigarettes do more harm than good? We smoke out the…
…do you and your friends view smoking cigarettes? Do you smoke? If not, why not? Most of my friends are anti-smoking, in as much as we don’t like being around…
(Photo: Daquella manera) I am not sure how else to explain this e-mail, received from a reader whose name I shall withhold: So there is this weird thing going on…
Gun control, abortion rights, drug legalization — it seems like every argument these days claims that if X happens, then Y will follow, and we’ll all be doomed to Z….
Some people argue that sugar should be regulated, like alcohol and tobacco, on the grounds that it’s addictive and toxic. How much sense does that make? We hear from a…
Some people argue that sugar should be regulated, like alcohol and tobacco, on the grounds that it’s addictive and toxic. How much sense does that make? We hear from a…
…slogan to: “Smoking Can Kill You.” But this alternative reading is so obvious that I can’t imagine that it was unintended. Smoking in Greece is much more socially acceptable —…
…if they quit smoking, Van der Velden and colleagues conclude. What?! For starters, there is nothing in the study about quitting smoking — only about people who do smoke. Second,…
Taxes on alcohol and tobacco promise to make people healthier and raise public funds. But can they backfire? Bapu Jena looks at the complicated economics of sin taxes….
…again. We talked about it for quite a while; I explained that smoking is bad for you, even though in the old days people actually thought smoking was good for…
…and political decision processes: The construal of the decision and its impact on ethical fading The bounded examination of the available data The powerful force of rewards The erroneous “smoking…
…the value of statistical life by smoking status. Using these values in conjunction with the increase in the mortality risk over the life cycle due to smoking, the value of…
The Wall Street Journal reports on a new World Health Organization study about cigarette smoking around the world. The Journal‘s piece includes data from Euromonitor International about the number of…
Think you know how much parents matter? Think again. Economists crunch the numbers to learn the ROI on child-rearing.
Think you know how much parents matter? Think again. Economists crunch the numbers to learn the ROI on child-rearing.
…success rate than is generally seen among those who try to quit smoking using nicotine patches, etc. Also, who knew that people in the Philippines wanted to stop smoking? I…
We’ve noted before that the U.S. decline in smoking (among teens as well as adults) has likely contributed to the rise in obesity. In a new working paper (gated), John…
