Trend in the affordability of tobacco products in Bangladesh: findings from the ITC Bangladesh Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The price of tobacco products in relation to the income of tobacco users-affordability-is recognised as a key determinant of tobacco use behaviour. The effectiveness of a price increase as a deterrent to tobacco use depends on how much price increases in relation to the income of the potential users. The aim of this paper is to examine the distribution of and trends in the affordability of tobacco products in Bangladesh.

Method

Using four waves of International Tobacco Control Survey data on Bangladesh, this study measures affordability of tobacco products at the individual level as the ratio of self-reported price and self-reported income. The trends in affordability by brand categories of cigarettes and of bidi and smokeless tobacco are estimated using multivari

SUBMITTER: Nargis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657497 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature