Contraband Cigarette Purchasing from First Nation reserves in Ontario and Quebec: Findings from the 2002-2014 ITC Canada Survey.

ABSTRACT: Backround: The availability of contraband cigarettes provides incentives for price-sensitive smokers to reduce their monetary costs of smoking. The objectives of this study were to examine whether Canadian smokers' geographic proximity to First Nations reserves and attempts to quit smoking influenced the likelihood of purchasing lower-cost cigarettes from reserves.

Methods

Data were from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Canada Survey, a prospective survey of Canadian adult smokers conducted from 2002 to 2014 using telephone and online interviewing methods. Analysis was restricted to smokers from Ontario (n=2105) and Quebec (n=1427) participating in at least one survey wave. Smokers' postal codes were used to calculate distance to the nearest reserve. Weighted logistic general

SUBMITTER: Driezen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature