Price elasticity of demand of non-cigarette tobacco products: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically review the price elasticity of demand of non-cigarette tobacco products.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, EconLit and the Web of Science without language or time restrictions.

Study selection

Two reviewers screened title and abstracts, then full texts, independently and in duplicate. We based eligibility criteria on study design (interventional or observational), population (individuals or communities without geographic restrictions), intervention (price change) and outcome (change in demand).

Data extraction

We abstracted data on study features, outcome measures, statistical approach, and single best own- and cross-price elasticity estimates with respect to cigarettes. We conducted a random effects meta-analysis for estimates of simila

SUBMITTER: Jawad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056338 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature