Peer Effects and Cigarette Use Among College Students |
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Authors: | Jeffrey Wilson |
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Affiliation: | (1) The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | This study adds to the collegiate substance use literature by measuring the magnitude of peer effects upon individual cigarette use. The study employs data from the 2001 Harvard School of Health College Alcohol Survey to construct this peer effect measure and to study the effect of other variables upon a university student’s decision to smoke. The main finding of this paper is that moving a student from a university where no students smoke to an institution where 25 percent of the population smokes increases that student’s probability of smoking by 10.71 percent. The results of this paper suggest the potential for universities to institute student-led, anti-smoking organizations. |
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Keywords: | Peer effect Cigarette College |
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