ArticleTobacco control2016
Internet cigarette vendors make tax-free claims and sell cigarettes cheaper than retail outlets.
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- Price, convenience, the buying experience, and other motivations for purchasing tobacco and e-cigarettes online.Tobacco induced diseases · 2022Article
- Who Purchases Tobacco Online? Findings from Waves 1 and 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.Tobacco regulatory science · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Tobacco Product-Selling Websites Accessed Using Search Engines.Turkish thoracic journal · 2020Article
- Interest in Illicit Purchase of Cigarettes Under a Very Low Nicotine Content Product Standard.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Strategies to Reduce Illicit Trade of Regular Nicotine Tobacco Products After Introduction of a Low-Nicotine Tobacco Product Standard.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Content analysis of age verification, purchase and delivery methods of internet e-cigarette vendors, 2013 and 2014.Tobacco control · 2018Article
- Tobacco industry strategies undermine government tax policy: evidence from commercial data.Tobacco control · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis paper aims to (1) assess whether promotion of tax-free sales among Internet cigarette vendors (ICVs) changed between 2009 and 2011, (2) determine which types of ICVs are most likely to promote tax-free sales (eg, US-based, international or mixed location ICVs), and (3) compare the price of cigarettes advertised in ICVs to prices at brick-and-mortar retail outlets.
methodsWe analysed data from the 200 most popular ICVs in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to assess promotion of tax-free sales and the price of Marlboro cigarette cartons. We used Nielsen scanner data from 2009, 2010 and 2011 to measure the price of Marlboro cartons in US grocery stores.
findingsThe odds of ICVs claiming tax-free status were higher in 2011 than in 2009 (OR=1.58, p<0.01). Mixed location and international vendors had higher odds of promoting tax-free sales than US-based ICVs (OR=4.95 and 6.23, respectively, both p<0.001). In 2011, the average price of one Marlboro carton was $35.27 online, compared to $52.73 in US grocery stores. We estimated that in 2011, a pack-a-day smoker living in an area with high cigarette prices would save $1508 per year buying cigarettes online.
conclusionsICVs commonly promote tax-free sales, and cigarettes are cheaper online compared to US grocery stores. Better enforcement of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act is needed to address tax-free cigarette sales among ICVs.
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