@MizzouEcon Prof | Health Economist | PI @NIH lab on #tobacco & #audiology | Dir @TobPolicy | Fellow @IZA_bonn | Guiding impactful, high-quality research. 🧘⚾🎮
Dec 9, 2021 • 21 tweets • 13 min read
At last count, #COVID19 has killed nearly 800k Americans over approximately 2 years, or approximately 400k a year. Less well known is that smoking is estimated to kill nearly 480k per year. 1/21
There has been significant media focus on a minority of people with inaccurate beliefs about #masks and #vaccines. Finding ways to persuasively communicate accurate health information to these individuals remains a public health priority. @selenasd@CassSunstein 2/21
