Effect of price on the decision to experiment with cigarette smoking among Gambian children: a survival analysis using the Gambia 2017 Global Youth Tobacco Survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the relationship between cigarette prices and smoking experimentation among children in the Gambia, and thereby expanding the evidence base of the likely impact of excise taxes on cigarette demand in low-income and middle-income countries.

Design

A survival analysis using the Gambia 2017 Global Youth Tobacco Survey data.

Setting

The Gambia.

Participants

The survey sample was 12 585 youths, aged 12-17 years, but our analysis was restricted to 11 030 respondents with information on smoking status.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Our outcome variable was smoking experimentation defined as the first time the respondent smoked (at least part of) a cigarette.

Results

A 1% increase in the price of cigarettes reduces the p

SUBMITTER: Dare C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature