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Smokers' strategic responses to sin taxes: evidence from panel data in Thailand.
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- Sin taxes and their effect on consumption, revenue generation and health improvement: a systematic literature review in Latin America.Health policy and planning · 2021Pooled it
- Price elasticity of demand of non-cigarette tobacco products: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco control · 2018Pooled it
- Impact of tobacco price and taxation on affordability and consumption of tobacco products in the South-East Asia Region: A systematic review.Tobacco induced diseases · 2021Review
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- Smoking prevalence and attributable deaths in Thailand: predicting outcomes of different tobacco control interventions.BMC public health · 2019Article
- A decade of cigarette taxation in Bangladesh: lessons learnt for tobacco control.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2019Article
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- A comprehensive examination of own- and cross-price elasticities of tobacco and nicotine replacement products in the U.S.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Changes in cigarette prices, affordability, and brand-tier consumption after a tobacco tax increase in Thailand: Evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Surveys, 2009 and 2011.Preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Taking Stock of Tobacco Control Program and Policy Science and Impact in the United States.Journal of addictive behaviors and therapy · 2017Article
- Comparing projected impacts of cigarette floor price and excise tax policies on socioeconomic disparities in smoking.Tobacco control · 2016Article
- The Impact of Implementing Tobacco Control Policies: The 2017 Tobacco Control Policy Scorecard.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPReview
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Abstract
In addition to quitting and cutting consumption, smokers faced with higher cigarette prices may compensate in several ways that mute the health impact of cigarette taxes. This study examines three price avoidance strategies among adult male smokers in Thailand: trading down to a lower-priced brand, buying individual sticks of cigarettes instead of packs, and substituting roll-your-own tobacco for factory-manufactured cigarettes. Using two panels of microlevel data from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Study, collected in 2005 and 2006, we estimate the effects of a substantial excise tax increase implemented throughout Thailand in December 2005. We present estimates of the marginal effects and price elasticities for each of five consumer behaviors. We find that, controlling for baseline smoking characteristics, sociodemographics, and policy variables, quitting is highly sensitive to changes in cigarette prices, but so are brand choice, stick-buying, and use of roll-your-own tobacco. Neglecting such strategic responses leads to overestimates of a sin tax's health impact, and neglecting product substitution distorts estimates of the price elasticity of cigarette demand. We discuss the implications for consumer welfare and several policies that mitigate the adverse impact of consumer responses.
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