The impact of cigarette quitting during pregnancy on other prenatal health behaviors

George Wehby (), Allen Wilcox and Rolv Lie

Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, vol. 11, issue 2, 233 pages

Abstract: Several economic studies have evaluated the effects of cigarette smoking and quitting on other health behaviors such as alcohol use and weight gain. However, there is little research that evaluates the effects of cigarette quitting during pregnancy on other health behaviors such as caloric intake, alcohol consumption, multivitamin use, and caffeine intake. In this paper, we evaluate these effects and employ a genetic variant that predicts cigarette quitting to aid in identification. We find some evidence that cigarette quitting during pregnancy may increase multivitamin use and caloric intake and reduce caffeine consumption. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

Keywords: Cigarette quitting; Smoking; Pregnancy; Caloric intake; Multivitamins; Genetic instruments; I1; I10; I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9163-8

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