Health Lifestyles in the U.S. and Canada: Are We Really So Different? • Patrick M. Krueger, University of Texas at Houston ; Tajudaullah Bhaloo, University of Texas at Houston ; Pauline Rosenau, University of Texas at Houston

Cross-National Patterns of Health Inequality: Education and Tobacco Use in the World Health Survey • Fred C. Pampel, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Justin T. Denney, University of Colorado at Boulder

Estimating the Effects of Smoking and Other Risk Factors on Mortality Slowdowns in Developed Countries • Brian Rostron, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa • Anne Case, Princeton University ; Alicia Menendez, University of Chicago ; Analia S. Olgiati, Princeton University ; Anu Garib, University of Kwazulu-Natal