Association of Cigarette Price Differentials With Infant Mortality in 23 European Union Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Raising the price of cigarettes by increasing taxation has been associated with improved perinatal and child health outcomes. Transnational tobacco companies have sought to undermine tobacco tax policy by adopting pricing strategies that maintain the availability of budget cigarettes.

Objective

To assess associations between median cigarette prices, cigarette price differentials, and infant mortality across the European Union.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal, ecological study was conducted from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2014, of infant populations in 23 countries (comprising 276 subnational regions) within the European Union.

Interventions

Median cigarette prices and the differential between these and minimum cigarette prices

SUBMITTER: Filippidis FT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710372 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature