The Costs of Poor Health Habits
Willard Manning
Emmett Keeler
Joseph P. Newhouse
Elizabeth Sloss
Jeffrey Wasserman
Preface
1. An Overview
2. Conceptual Framework
3. Data and Statistical Methods
4. The External Costs of Smoking
5. The External Costs of Heavy Drinking
6. The External Costs of Sedentary Life-Styles
7. Conclusions, Limitations, and Implications
Appendixes
A. Literature Review of the Costs of Smoking and Drinking
B. Survival Parameters from the HRA Model
C. HIE Habit Batteries
D. Statistical Methods
E. Comparability of HIE and NHIS
F. Excise Taxes and Demand
C. Parameters Used in the Cost Model
H. A Note on the Alcohol Tax
Notes
Bibliography
Index


