Impact of an e-cigarette tax on cigarette and e-cigarette use in a middle-income country: a study from Indonesia using a pre-post design.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Indonesia implemented its first e-cigarette regulation in 2018, a 57% tax on the retail price of e-cigarette liquid (e-liquid), exceeding the 40% average tax on cigarettes. Economic research suggests that this tax could unintentionally increase cigarette smoking among dual users, but this has not been examined in a low-income or middle-income country. We therefore investigated the effects of the e-liquid tax among adults in Indonesia.

Design

Pre-post study.

Setting

Indonesia.

Participants

Adults who currently used e-cigarettes and either currently or occasionally smoked cigarettes or recently quit were recruited using Facebook and Instagram ads. Our follow-up response rate was 79%. A final sample of 1039 adults participated.

Primary outcome measur

SUBMITTER: Kowitt SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature