Taxation Reduces Social Disparities in Adult Smoking Prevalence

Background The CDC, the WHO, and the World Bank promote increases in the price of cigarettes as an effective and important tobacco-control strategy. This study was designed to assess the extent to which the association between the price of cigarettes and smoking prevalence, as measured monthly, vari...

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Published in:American journal of preventive medicine 2009-04, Vol.36 (4), p.285-291
Main Authors: Siahpush, Mohammad, PhD, Wakefield, Melanie A., PhD, Spittal, Matt J., PhD, Durkin, Sarah J., PhD, Scollo, Michelle M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Distribution
Australia - epidemiology
Female
Health Behavior
Humans
Income - statistics & numerical data
Internal Medicine
International bank for reconstruction and development
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Preventive programmes
Prices
Pricing
Public health
Sex Distribution
Smoking
Smoking - economics
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Cessation - economics
Social Marketing
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Surveys
Taxation
Taxes - economics
Tobacco
World health organization
Young Adult
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Summary:Background The CDC, the WHO, and the World Bank promote increases in the price of cigarettes as an effective and important tobacco-control strategy. This study was designed to assess the extent to which the association between the price of cigarettes and smoking prevalence, as measured monthly, varies by income group. Methods Australian population survey data collected monthly from January 1991 to December 2006 were used to estimate Poisson regression models to assess the impact of the price of cigarettes on smoking prevalence across three income groups. Analyses were conducted in 2008. Results There was strong evidence that real price and prevalence were negatively associated ( p
ISSN:0749-3797
1873-2607
DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2008.11.013