Religiosity, Smoking and Other Addictive Behaviors

Klaus Zimmermann (), Monica Roman () and Plopeanu, Aurelian-PetruÈ™

No 16252, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: While under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or internal religiosity, but largely observable (external) religiosity prevents them from wallowing those vices.

Keywords: Addictive behavior; Orthodox; External and internal religiosity; Youth; Smoking; Drinking; Drugs; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 N34 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06
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