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    Title: The effect of Taiwan's tax-induced increases in cigarette prices on brand-switching and the consumption of cigarettes
    Authors: Tsai, YW;Yang, CL;Chen, CS;Liu, TC;Chen, PF
    Contributors: Center for Health Policy Research and Development
    Abstract: The effect of raising cigarette taxes to reduce smoking has been the subject of several studies, which often treat the price of cigarettes as an exogenous factor given to smokers who respond to it by adjusting their smoking behavior. However, cigarette prices vary with brand and quality, and smokers can and do switch to lower-priced brands to reduce the impact of the tax on the cost of cigarettes as they try to consume the same number of cigarettes as they had before a tax hike. Using data from a two-year follow-Lip interview survey conducted before and after a new cigarette tax scheme was imposed in Taiwan in 2002, this study examines three behavioral changes smokers may make to respond to tax-induced cigarette price increase: brand-switching, amount consumed, and amount spent on smoking. These changes were studied in relation to smoker income, before-tax cigarette price, level of addiction, exposure to advertizing, and consumer loyalty. We found that smokers, depending upon exposure to advertizing, level of consumer loyalty and initial price of cigarettes, switched brands to maintain current smoking habits and control costs. We also found that the initial amount smoked and level of addiction, not price, at least not at the current levels in Taiwan, determined whether a smoker reduced the number of cigarettes lie consumed.
    Keywords: Economics;Health Care Sciences & Services;Health Policy & Services
    Date: 2005-06
    Relation: Health Economics. 2005 Jun;14(6):627-641.
    Link to: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.972
    JIF/Ranking 2023: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=NHRI&SrcApp=NHRI_IR&KeyISSN=1057-9230&DestApp=IC2JCR
    Cited Times(WOS): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000229683500007
    Cited Times(Scopus): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=20444416316
    Appears in Collections:[Yi-Wen Tsai(1999-2010)] Periodical Articles

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