The purchase sources of and price paid for cigarettes in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys
| Autor: | Demjen, T, Kiss, J, Kovacs, PA, Mons, U, Kahnert, S, Driezen, P, Kyriakos, CN, Zatonski, M, Przewozniak, K, Fu, M, Fernandez, E, McNeill, A, Willemsen, M, Tountas, Y, Trofor, AC, Fong, GT, Vardavas, CI, Glahn, A, Nguyen, D, Nikitara, K, Radu-Loghin, C, Starchenko, P, Tsatsakis, A, Girvalaki, C, Igoumenaki, C, Papadakis, S, Papathanasaki, A, Tzatzarakis, M, Vardavas, AI, Becuwe, N, Deaconu, L, Goudet, S, Hanley, C, Riviere, O, Castellano, Y, Nogueira, SO, Tigova, O, East, K, Hitchman, SC, Behrakis, P, Filippidis, FT, Gratziou, C, Katsaounou, P, Peleki, T, Petroulia, I, Tzavara, C, Eremia, M, Lotrean, L, Mihaltan, F, Rohde, G, Asano, T, Cichon, C, Far, A, Genton, C, Jessner, M, Hedman, L, Janson, C, Lindberg, A, Maguire, B, Ravara, S, Vaccaro, V, Ward, B, De Vries, H, Hummel, K, Nagelhout, GE, Zatonski, WA, Herbec, A, Janik-Koncewicz, K, Agar, TK, Gravely, S, Quah, ACK, Thompson, ME |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Health promotion, RS: CAPHRI - R6 - Promoting Health & Personalised Care |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Health (social science)
Medicine (miscellaneous) Sample (statistics) Impostos 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine price paid for tobacco Hàbit de fumar 030212 general & internal medicine purchase sources of tobacco products Price differential Socioeconomics Public Environmental & Occupational Health Consumption (economics) Science & Technology 030503 health policy & services Member states Smoking Substance Abuse Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 1103 Clinical Sciences Purchasing Taxation Europe reducing the number of purchase sources Business EUREST-PLUS consortium 0305 other medical science Europa Life Sciences & Biomedicine Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona Tobacco Induced Diseases Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16:A16. Sellier European Publishing |
| ISSN: | 1617-9625 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Tobacco tax policies have been proven to be effective in reducing tobacco consumption, but their impact can be mitigated through price-minimizing behaviours among smokers. This study explored the purchase sources of tobacco products and the price paid for tobacco products in six EU member states.METHODS: Data from Wave 1 of the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Survey collected from nationally representative samples of adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain (ITC 6E Survey) were used. The ITC 6E Survey sample, conducted in 2016, randomly sampled 6011 adult cigarette smokers aged 18 years or older. Information on purchase sources of tobacco was examined by country. The difference in reported purchase price by purchase location (store vs non-store/other) was analysed using linear regression for each country.RESULTS: Tobacco purchasing patterns and sources varied widely between countries. Non-store/other purchases were very rare in Hungary (0.1%) while these types of purchases were more common in Germany (5.1%) and Poland (8.6%). Reported prices of one standard pack of 20 cigarettes were highest in Germany (4.80€) and lowest in Hungary (2.45€). While non-store purchases were only made by a minority of smokers (>10% in all countries), the price differential was considerable between store and non-store/other sources, up to 2€ per pack in Greece and in Germany.CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest a huge variation of purchasing sources and price differentials between store and non-store purchasing sources across the six EU member states examined. While the cross-sectional data precludes any causal inference, supply chain control through licensing as introduced in Hungary and the lack of such measures in the other countries might nevertheless be a plausible explanation for the large differences in the frequency of non-store purchases observed in this study. |
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