The continuum‐of‐addiction: cigarette smoking in relation to price among Americans aged 15–29

Jeffrey E. Harris and Sandra W. Chan

Health Economics, 1999, vol. 8, issue 1, 81-86

Abstract: We studied the relationship between current cigarette smoking and price among 34 145 respondents, aged 15–29 years, to the 1992–1993 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey. The price elasticity of current smoking varied inversely with age: −0.831 (S.E. 0.402) for ages 15–17; −0.524 (S.E. 0.256) for ages 18–20; −0.370 (S.E. 0.188) for ages 21–23; −0.202 (S.E. 0.175) for ages 24–26; and −0.095 (S.E. 0.157) for ages 27–29. In response to higher prices, older youth were more likely to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day than to quit entirely. Among 15–17‐year‐olds, smoking cigarettes ‘some days’ was more sensitive to price than smoking ‘every day’. Cigarette smoking was inversely related to the prices of premium brands, but not discount brands. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 1999
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