Open AccessDeterminants of Tobacco Consumption in P apua N ew G uinea: Challenges in Changing Behaviours
Author(s) -
Hou Xiaohui,
Xu Xiaochen,
Anderson Ian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia and the pacific policy studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2050-2680
DOI - 10.1002/app5.85
Subject(s) - quartile , consumption (sociology) , tobacco control , smoking prevalence , tobacco use , household income , environmental health , economics , business , medicine , geography , public health , population , confidence interval , social science , nursing , archaeology , sociology
Abstract This article analyses smoking prevalence and smoking behaviours in P apua N ew G uinea ( PNG ). Using the 2009–2010 PNG Household Income and Expenditure Survey, the article analyses the determinants of tobacco use and tobacco choices in PNG . The results show adults (18 years and above) in the poorest quartile are more likely to smoke. Tobacco consumption imposes a large financial burden to poor households. Tobacco consumption accounts for about 23 per cent of total household food expenditure for households in the poorest quartile, as compared with 15 per cent for the entire sample. However, most of these households consume non‐processed tobacco. The study reveals the urgency to control tobacco consumption in PNG and considers some practical challenges that the country may face.