Effect of Increased Social Unacceptability of Cigarette Smoking on Reduction in Cigarette Consumption

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11029010
AutoresBenjamin Alamar (The authors are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco.), Stanton A Glantz (0000-0003-4620-6672, The authors are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco.)
Año2006
Volumen96
Número8
Páginas1359-1363
Fecha de publicación2006-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.069617
PMID16809588
PMCIDPMC1522108
OpenAlexW2092742062
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas59
Referencias citadas11

Taxes on cigarettes have long been used to help reduce cigarette consumption. Social factors also affect cigarette consumption, but this impact has not been quantified. We computed a social unacceptability index based on individuals’ responses to questions regarding locations where smoking should be allowed. A regression analysis showed that the social unacceptability index and price had similar elasticities and that their effects were independent of each other. If, through an active tobacco control campaign, the average individual’s views on the social unacceptability of smoking changed to more closely resemble the views of California residents, there would be a 15% drop in cigarette consumption, equivalent to a $1.17 increase in the excise tax on cigarettes

Affect (linguistics) · Cigarette smoking · Consumption (sociology) · Economics · Environmental health · Excise · Index (typography) · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology