Open AccessAccess to Low-Taxed Cigarettes Deters Smoking Cessation Attempts
Author(s) -
Andrew Hyland,
Cheryl Higbee,
Qiang Li,
Joseph E. Bauer,
Gary A. Giovino,
Terry Alford,
K. Michael Cummings
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.057687
Subject(s) - excise , smoking cessation , medicine , quit smoking , environmental health , advertising , business , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
We examined whether smokers who purchased low-taxed cigarettes from American Indian reservations had lower quit attempt and cessation rates than did smokers who purchased cigarettes from full-price outlets. Smokers who bought cigarettes from American Indian reservations were half as likely to make a quit attempt and had a nonsignificant trend toward lower cessation rates (20% vs 10%) compared with those who bought full-priced cigarettes. Interventions that reduce price differentials are suggested to maximize the public health benefit of cigarette excise taxes.