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Policies for the prevention of cigarette consumption: the case of Spain
Author(s) -
Nicolás Ángel López,
Domínguez Jaime Pinilla
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of consumer studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 1470-6423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00505.x
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , legislation , psychological intervention , public economics , tobacco control , smoking prevalence , business , public policy , fiscal policy , environmental health , economics , advertising , economic policy , public health , political science , medicine , economic growth , macroeconomics , law , sociology , nursing , social science , population , psychiatry
This paper describes the causes that generate the relatively high – among comparable OECD countries – prevalence of tobacco consumption in Spain. It evaluates the current policy interventions geared towards reducing incidence and prevalence. It argues that, despite a recent major breakthrough in legislation on advertising and consumption in public places, one of the major shortcomings of current policies is the lack of an effective fiscal policy. This lack of effectiveness is explained by some idiosyncrasies of the Spanish cigarette market that call for specific measures.