ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2024
How do users compare the costs between nicotine vaping products and cigarettes? Findings from the 2016-2020 International Tobacco Control United States surveys.
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- The impact of e-cigarette taxation: a systematic review and meta-analysis on usage, pricing strategies, and public health implications.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Cost Comparison and Spending on Tobacco Products: Evidence From A Nationally Representative Sample of Adult E-cigarette Users.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- The effect of smokeless tobacco (SLT) excise taxes on SLT use among youth.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- The Tax Incidence and Tax Pass-Through of Smokeless Tobacco in the US.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The association between excise taxes and smoking and vaping transitions-Findings from the 2016-2020 ITC United States surveys.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsNicotine vaping products (NVPs) can potentially help adult tobacco users quit smoking. This study evaluated how adult consumers compare the costs between NVPs and cigarettes.
methodWe used data from the US arm of the 2016-2020 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping (ITC 4CV) surveys to perform a multinomial logit model with two-way fixed effects to measure how perceived cost comparisons are associated with NVP and cigarette taxes, use patterns, NVP device types and individual sociodemographic factors.
resultsHigher cigarette taxes are associated with a greater likelihood of perceiving NVPs and cigarettes as costing the same for the overall population and among people who exclusively smoke, and a lower likelihood of perceiving NVPs as more expensive among people who exclusively vape, compared with lower cigarette taxes. Pre-filled cartridge and tank users are more likely to perceive NVPs as less expensive than cigarettes, compared with people who use other types of NVPs. The associations between taxes and perceived cost comparison were more pronounced among males, younger and low-income populations.
conclusionsHigher cigarette taxes are associated with perceived financial incentives for nicotine vaping products (NVPs) over cigarettes, whereas NVP taxes are not associated with perceived cost comparison between NVPs and cigarettes.
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