Are lower income smokers more price sensitive?: the evidence from Korean cigarette tax increases

Choi, Seng Eun

doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051680

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“…However, our derived price elasticity estimates are consistent with previously published evidence,19 including studies reporting on price elasticity across income quintiles. For example, a Korean study found a price elasticity among the poor of −0.81 vs −0.32 among the rich33; a study in Moldova found a price elasticity of −0.51 among the poor vs −0.26 among the rich34; an ECEA of tobacco tax in Lebanon estimated a price elasticity of −0.32 among the poor vs −0.22 among the rich22 and Postolovska et al estimated a price elasticity of −0.74 among the poor vs −0.28 among the rich in the Kyrgyz Republic 23. We also ran two sensitivity analyses with alternative values for price elasticity (−0.40 and −0.78)19 32 to understand the impact this parameter would have on our findings.…”

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Distributional health and financial benefits of increased tobacco taxes in Colombia: results from a modelling study

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Distributional health and financial benefits of increased tobacco taxes in Colombia: results from a modelling study

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“…For example, data from China 38 suggests less responsiveness of smoking rates to price, compared to other countries such as Korea. 39 This may be also due to the changing relative affordability of tobacco compared to a broader basket of goods. 40 Second our findings of differing effects by gender may have implications for how and which policies should be prioritised, especially in countries in which there are large differences between male and female smoking rates and quitting rates.…”

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Tobacco control environment: cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-income, middle-income and high-income countries

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ObjectivesThis study examines in a cross-sectional study ‘the tobacco control environment’ including tobacco policy implementation and its association with quit ratio.Setting545 communities from 17 high-income, upper-middle, low-middle and low-income countries (HIC, UMIC, LMIC, LIC) involved in the Environmental Profile of a Community's Health (EPOCH) study from 2009 to 2014.ParticipantsCommunity audits and surveys of adults (35–70 years, n=12 953).Primary and secondary outcome measuresSummary scores of tobacco policy implementation (cost and availability of cigarettes, tobacco advertising, antismoking signage), social unacceptability and knowledge were associated with quit ratios (former vs ever smokers) using multilevel logistic regression models.ResultsAverage tobacco control policy score was greater in communities from HIC. Overall 56.1% (306/545) of communities had >2 outlets selling cigarettes and in 28.6% (154/539) there was access to cheap cigarettes (<5cents/cigarette) (3.2% (3/93) in HIC, 0% UMIC, 52.6% (90/171) LMIC and 40.4% (61/151) in LIC). Effective bans (no tobacco advertisements) were in 63.0% (341/541) of communities (81.7% HIC, 52.8% UMIC, 65.1% LMIC and 57.6% LIC). In 70.4% (379/538) of communities, >80% of participants disapproved youth smoking (95.7% HIC, 57.6% UMIC, 76.3% LMIC and 58.9% LIC). The average knowledge score was >80% in 48.4% of communities (94.6% HIC, 53.6% UMIC, 31.8% LMIC and 35.1% LIC). Summary scores of policy implementation, social unacceptability and knowledge were positively and significantly associated with quit ratio and the associations varied by gender, for example, communities in the highest quintile of the combined scores had 5.0 times the quit ratio in men (Odds ratio (OR) 5·0, 95% CI 3.4 to 7.4) and 4.1 times the quit ratio in women (OR 4.1, 95% CI 2.4 to 7.1).ConclusionsThis study suggests that more focus is needed on ensuring the tobacco control policy is actually implemented, particularly in LMICs. The gender-related differences in associations of policy, social unacceptability and knowledge suggest that different strategies to promoting quitting may need to be implemented in men compared to women.

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“…As a timely article in this issue makes clear,3 fears of the regressiveness of tobacco tax increases can be misplaced. Indirect taxes are, in general, regressive: poorer smokers pay a larger fraction of their incomes as cigarette taxes.…”

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“…Part of the proposed higher tax is an 841 won (US$0.77) levy per pack to be directed towards the National Health Promotion Fund, with the intention that this will help fund cessation support programmes 3. Addressing the most economically vulnerable through such spending may help reduce health inequalities.…”

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Korea's 2015 cigarette tax increases

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South Korea increased tobacco taxes in 2015 after a 10-year gap. This commentary suggests two lessons for public finance practitioners. Substantive tax increases are crucial to reducing tobacco use; particularly where prices are demonstrably lower and prevalence higher in comparison to other countries ranked similarly on economic development indicators. Second, as a rule of thumb, governments cannot afford to neglect the annual increases that ensure that tobacco taxes do not lose their efficacy over time.

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Are lower income smokers more price sensitive?: the evidence from Korean cigarette tax increases

Cited by 34 publications

References 9 publications

Distributional health and financial benefits of increased tobacco taxes in Colombia: results from a modelling study

Distributional health and financial benefits of increased tobacco taxes in Colombia: results from a modelling study

Tobacco control environment: cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-income, middle-income and high-income countries

Korea's 2015 cigarette tax increases

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