ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2012
Trends in roll-your-own smoking: findings from the ITC Four-Country Survey (2002-2008).
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- Make your own cigarettes: toxicant exposure, smoking topography, and subjective effects.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2014Trial
- Make your own cigarettes: characteristics of the product and the consumer.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2013Trial
- Roll-Your-Own Tobacco Use Among People Smoking Menthol Cigarettes in Great Britain, 2020-2023: A Population-Based Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Characterising smoking and nicotine use behaviours among women of reproductive age: a 10-year population study in England.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Reasons for Using Roll-Your-Own Tobacco and Perceptions of Health-Promoting Pack Inserts: A Focus Group Study with Roll-Your-Own Tobacco Smokers in Scotland.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Nicotine addiction as a moral problem: Barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Article
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- Roll-your-own cigarette use in Italy: sales and consumer profile-data from PASSI surveillance, 2015-2016.International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Roll-your-own cigarette use and smoking cessation behaviour: a cross-sectional population study in England.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Keeping smoking affordable in higher tax environments via smoking thinner roll-your-own cigarettes: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey 2006-15.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- It's not all about price: factors associated with roll-your-own tobacco use among young people - a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Differences in nicotine dependence, smoke exposure and consumer characteristics between smokers of machine-injected roll-your-own cigarettes and factory-made cigarettes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Availability and Use of Cheap Tobacco in the United Kingdom 2002-2014: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Project.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
- Cigarette price and other factors associated with brand choice and brand loyalty in Zambia: findings from the ITC Zambia Survey.Tobacco control · 2015Article
- Trends and socioeconomic differences in roll-your-own tobacco use: findings from the ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco control · 2015Article
- Changes in use of types of tobacco products by pack sizes and price segments, prices paid and consumption following the introduction of plain packaging in Australia.Tobacco control · 2015Article
- Opposite trends in the consumption of manufactured and roll-your-own cigarettes in Spain (1991-2020).BMJ open · 2014Article
- Roll-your-own cigarettes in Europe: use, weight and implications for fiscal policies.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2014Article
- Experimentally Switching from Factory Made to Self-Made Cigarettes: A Preliminary Study of Perceptions, Toxicant Exposure and Smoking Behavior.Journal of addiction research & therapy · 2014Article
- Comparison between the mainstream smoke of eleven RYO tobacco brands and the reference tobacco 3R4F.Toxicology reports · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo establish the trends in prevalence, and correlates, of roll-your-own (RYO) use in Canada, USA, UK and Australia, 2002-2008.
methodsParticipants were 19,456 cigarette smokers interviewed during the longitudinal International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four-Country Survey in Canada, USA, UK, and Australia.
results"Predominant" RYO use (i.e., >50% of cigarettes smoked) increased significantly in the UK and USA as a proportion of all cigarette use (both P < .001) and in all countries as a proportion of any RYO use (all P < .010). Younger, financially stressed smokers are disproportionately contributing to "some" use (i.e., ≤50% of cigarettes smoked). Relative cost was the major reason given for using RYO, and predominant RYO use is consistently and significantly associated with low income.
conclusionsRYO market trends reflect the price advantages accruing to RYO (a product of favourable taxation regimes in some jurisdictions reinforced by the enhanced control over the amount of tobacco used), especially following the impact of the Global Financial Crisis; the availability of competing low-cost alternatives to RYO; accessibility of duty-free RYO tobacco; and tobacco industry niche marketing strategies. If policy makers want to ensure that the RYO option does not inhibit the fight to end the tobacco epidemic, especially amongst the disadvantaged, they need to reduce the price advantage, target additional health messages at (young) RYO users, and challenge niche marketing of RYO by the industry.
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