Historique
Périodique
Price and cigarette consumption in Europe
(Prix et tabagisme en Europe)
Auteur(s) :
GALLUS S. ;
SCHIAFFINO A. ;
LA VECCHIA, C. ;
TOWNSEND, J. ;
FERNANDEZ, E.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
114-119
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
53
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
EUROPE
Thésaurus mots-clés
TABAC
;
PRIX
;
ECONOMIE
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
;
CIGARETTE
;
DEMANDE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
ADULTE
;
PREVALENCE
Note générale :
Tobacco Control, 2006, 15, (2), 114-119
Résumé :
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the variation in demand for tobacco according to price of cigarettes across the European region. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: All the 52 countries of the European region. PARTICIPANTS: For each European country, data were collected on annual per adult cigarette consumption (2000), smoking prevalence (most recent), retail price of a pack of local and foreign brand cigarettes (around 2000), the gross domestic product adjusted by purchasing power parities, and the adult population (2000). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Price elasticity of demand for cigarettes (that is, the change in cigarette consumption according to a change in tobacco price) across all the European countries, estimated by double-log multiple linear regression. RESULTS: Controlling for male to female prevalence ratio, price elasticities for consumption were -0.46 (95% confidence interval (CI) -0.74 to -0.17) and -0.74 (95% CI -1.13 to -0.35) for local and foreign brand, respectively. The inverse relation between cigarette price and consumption was stronger in countries not in the European Union (price elasticity for foreign brand cigarettes of -0.8) as compared to European Union countries (price elasticity of -0.4). CONCLUSIONS: The result that, on average, in Europe smoking consumption decreases 5-7% for a 10% increase in the real price of cigarettes strongly supports an inverse association between price and cigarette smoking.
Affiliation :
Cancer Prevention and Control Unit, Institut Català dOncologia, Av. Gran Via s/n, Km 2.7, 08907 LHospitalet. Espagne. Spain.
Cote :
A02640