A dichotomy of smokers in the Philippines following sin tax reform: Distinguishing potential quitters from those unlikely to quit.

ABSTRACT: The Philippine government significantly raised cigarette excise taxes in 2013, following passage of the landmark Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012. As a result, cigarette prices increased substantially. Given varying smokers' responses to the price increase, we examined underlying typologies of Filipino smokers and assessed how these typologies determine smoking intensity. We used cross-sectional data from the 2015 wave of the Philippine Global Adult Tobacco Survey (N = 1,651). To uncover typologies, random effects latent class modelling was used on six individual smoker responses (attempting to stop, thinking about quitting, decreasing sticks smoked, switching to cheaper brands, buying in bulk, and asking from others). Bivariate and multivariate analyses were employed to uncover determinants of

SUBMITTER: Cheng KJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560617 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature