Is roll-your-own tobacco substitute for manufactured cigarettes: evidence from Ireland?
Author(s) -
Laura Cornelsen,
Charles Normand
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdt030
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , tobacco control , tobacco use , tobacco product , tobacco harm reduction , environmental health , economics , medicine , public health , population , social science , nursing , sociology
When tax policies increase tobacco prices some smokers may switch to smoking cheaper roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco. To reduce the harm from smoking, this substitution effect should be avoided. This study analyses whether RYO tobacco is a substitute for manufactured cigarettes (MCs) in Ireland, a country with relatively high price for both products.
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