Left-digit price effects on smoking cessation motivation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette price increases have been associated with increases in smoking cessation, but relatively little is known about this relationship at the level of individual smokers. To address this and to inform tax policy, the goal of this study was to apply a behavioural economic approach to the relationship between the price of cigarettes and the probability of attempting smoking cessation.

Methods

Adult daily smokers (n=1074; ie, 5+ cigarettes/day; 18+ years old; ≥8th grade education) completed in-person descriptive survey assessments. Assessments included estimated probability of making a smoking cessation attempt across a range of cigarette prices, demographics and nicotine dependence.

Results

As price increases, probability of making a smoking cessation att

SUBMITTER: MacKillop J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848773 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature