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Education, Information, and Smoking Decisions

Evidence from Smoking Histories in the United States, 1940–2000

Damien de Walque
Journal of Human Resources, July 2010, 45 (3) 682-717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.3.682
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