Price-Minimizing Behaviors in a Cohort of Smokers before and after a Cigarette Tax Increase
| Autor: | Ann W. St. Claire, Raymond G. Boyle, Anne Betzner |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Minnesota lcsh:Medicine cigarette tax price minimizing behaviors cohort in-depth interviews commerce Article Brand loyalty Tobacco pipe 03 medical and health sciences Habits 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine commerce.consumer_product health care economics and organizations media_common Behavior 030505 public health Addiction lcsh:R Qualitative descriptive Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cigarillo Commerce Tobacco Products Taxes Frugality Cohort Costs and Cost Analysis Smoking cessation Demographic economics Female Smoking Cessation 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 13, Iss 6, p 608 (2016) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 13; Issue 6; Pages: 608 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | Cigarette tax increases result in a reduced demand for cigarettes and increased efforts by smokers to reduce their cost of smoking. Less is known about how smokers think about their expenditures for cigarettes and the possible mechanisms that underlie price-minimizing behaviors. In-depth longitudinal interviews were conducted with Minnesota smokers to explore the factors that influence smokers’ decisions one month prior to a $1.75 cigarette tax increase and again one and three months after the increase. A total of 42 were sampled with 35 completed interviews at all three time points, resulting in 106 interviews across all participants at all time points. A qualitative descriptive approach examined smoking and buying habits, as well as reasons behind these decisions. A hierarchy of ways to save money on cigarettes included saving the most money by changing to roll your own pipe tobacco, changing to a cheaper brand, cutting down or quitting, changing to cigarillos, and buying online. Using coupons, shopping around, buying by the carton, changing the style of cigarette, and stocking up prior to the tax increase were described as less effective. Five factors emerged as impacting smokers’ efforts to save money on cigarettes after the tax: brand loyalty, frugality, addiction, stress, and acclimation. |
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