Essays about: "smoking initiation"

Found 2 essays containing the words smoking initiation.

1. 1. European Tobacco Taxation and Youth Smoking - Findings from two decades of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ida Haggren; Lucas Henriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Youth smoking; smoking initiation; tobacco taxation; cigarette taxation; two-way fixed effects.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Using data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey on smoking behaviors for roughly 440,000 European youths over the years 2001-2018, we show that a one euro increase in cigarette excise taxes reduces smoking prevalence (share of children who has smoked) by 2 percentage points using a two-way fixed effects model. This translates to a participation elasticity of -0. READ MORE

3. 2. Low-density Lipoprotein Lowering in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia – A Retrospective Study from the Dyslipidemia Unit at Karlstad Central Hospital

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

   Author : David Fresnais; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Introduction  Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease affecting 1 in 300 individuals, leading to elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Early diagnosis and initiation of lipid lowering treatment (LLT) – mainly statins and a new type of LLT; PCSK9-inhibitors – are essential to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). READ MORE