Cigarette Prices and Disparities in Smoking Cessation in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Achieving cessation in people with established smoking patterns remains a challenge. Increasing cigarette prices has been one of the most successful strategies for lowering smoking rates. The extent to which it has remained effective in encouraging cessation among adults in recent years and how the effectiveness has varied by sociodemographic characteristics is unclear.

Aims and methods

Using repeated cross-sectional data collected by the Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey, we investigate the relationship between cigarette prices and cessation from 2003 to 2019 in adults at least 25 years old. We examine the associations between price and cessation in the population overall and by sex, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Results

SUBMITTER: Kalousova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11260891 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature