Willingness to pay for low‐lung‐cancer‐risk cigarettes in Taiwan

Man‐Ser Jan, Tsu‐Tan Fu and Chung L. Huang

Health Economics, 2005, vol. 14, issue 1, 55-67

Abstract: This study develops a conceptual framework based on the random utility model to estimate smokers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the hypothetical low‐lung‐cancer‐risk cigarettes in Taiwan. Following the approach taken by Viscusi (J Polit Econ 1990; 98: 1253–1269), an individual's subjective risk perception on the probability of developing lung cancer from smoking cigarettes was measured and used in the estimation of demand for safer cigarettes. Other factors that may affect a smoker's purchase decision toward the hypothetically safer cigarettes are also identified. The average WTP for one pack of low‐lung‐cancer‐risk cigarettes is estimated to be NT$44.15, which represents a 152% price increase over the average price of cigarettes currently sold in the market. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2005
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