ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Price-Minimizing Behaviors in a Cohort of Smokers before and after a Cigarette Tax Increase.
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- Potential Behavioral Responses After a Hypothetical Ban on Tobacco Price Promotions Among U.S. Adults Who Use Commercial Tobacco.AJPM focus · 2026Article
- Financial Strain and Smoking Cessation and Relapse Among U.S. Adults Who Smoke: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Use of tobacco price-minimization strategies among public housing residents compared to U.S. low-income adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased receipt of commercial tobacco discount coupons among US adults who use commercial tobacco.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Early Assessment of Impact of Increased Value Added Tax on Smoking Behaviors and Financing among Adult Smokers in Saudi Arabia.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Assessing the Effects of a Tobacco Tax Reform on the Industry Price-Setting Strategy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence and characteristics of young adult smokers in the U.S. in the precontemplation stage of smoking cessation.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Changes in cigarette expenditure minimising strategies before and after a cigarette tax increase.Tobacco control · 2018Article
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Abstract
Cigarette tax increases result in a reduced demand for cigarettes and increased efforts by smokers to reduce their cost of smoking. Less is known about how smokers think about their expenditures for cigarettes and the possible mechanisms that underlie price-minimizing behaviors. In-depth longitudinal interviews were conducted with Minnesota smokers to explore the factors that influence smokers' decisions one month prior to a $1.75 cigarette tax increase and again one and three months after the increase. A total of 42 were sampled with 35 completed interviews at all three time points, resulting in 106 interviews across all participants at all time points. A qualitative descriptive approach examined smoking and buying habits, as well as reasons behind these decisions. A hierarchy of ways to save money on cigarettes included saving the most money by changing to roll your own pipe tobacco, changing to a cheaper brand, cutting down or quitting, changing to cigarillos, and buying online. Using coupons, shopping around, buying by the carton, changing the style of cigarette, and stocking up prior to the tax increase were described as less effective. Five factors emerged as impacting smokers' efforts to save money on cigarettes after the tax: brand loyalty, frugality, addiction, stress, and acclimation.
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