ArticleTobacco control2024
Impact of cigarette price and tobacco control policies on youth smoking experimentation in Albania.
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- Cigarette consumption from a life-course perspective in low- and middle-income countries.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- The dual impact of tobacco spending: crowding out essentials and crowding in addictive behaviors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Temporal changes and correlates of tobacco and E-cigarettes use among school-going students in Albania: insights from global youth tobacco surveys (2015-2020).European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- What drives youth smoking initiation in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Evidence from a split-population duration model.BMJ open · 2025Article
- From capacity building to collaboration in tobacco economics research.Tobacco control · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlbania has one of the highest smoking prevalence in Europe especially among the youth. There is a lack of evidence in Albania, as well as in most of Eastern Europe and middle-income countries, regarding the effect of price on smoking experimentation.
objectiveThe study aims to assess the effect of price and tobacco control policies on youth smoking experimentation in Albania.
methodsWe used microdata from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey in Albania for 2004, 2009, 2015 and 2020. We constructed a pseudo-longitudinal dataset and estimated a split-population model to assess the hazard of smoking experimentation.
resultsPrice is a significant predictor of smoking experimentation among teenagers in Albania for both males and females (p<0.001). Being male increases the odds for smoking experimentation by more than 50% as compared with females (p<0.001), whereas females appear to be more price sensitive. Peer and parent smoking are also important determinants for smoking experimentation. Introducing penalties for smokers and legal entities violating smoke-free policies implemented in 2014 is also associated with a lower hazard of smoking experimentation.
conclusionPrice is a significant predictor of smoking experimentation among teenagers in Albania for both males and females. A combination of increasing taxes and strengthening the rule of law to control tobacco use in public spaces, in addition to public awareness campaigns targeting both youth and smoking parents, could help to significantly reduce the probability of smoking experimentation.
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