How increasing tobacco prices affects the decision to star and quit smoking: evidence from Argentina

We study empirically the role of cigarettes prices on smoking onset and quitting in Argentina, using a continuous-time split population model. The findings in this paper suggest that increasing cigarettes prices, using taxes, has a larger effect on the starting age of smoking than on the quitting ag...

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Autor principal: Montamat, Giselle
Otros Autores: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Formato: Tesis de maestría acceptedVersion
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2017
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Tabaco
Precios
Argentina
Tesis
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/utdt/1954
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Precios
Argentina
Tesis
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Precios
Argentina
Tesis
Montamat, Giselle
How increasing tobacco prices affects the decision to star and quit smoking: evidence from Argentina
description We study empirically the role of cigarettes prices on smoking onset and quitting in Argentina, using a continuous-time split population model. The findings in this paper suggest that increasing cigarettes prices, using taxes, has a larger effect on the starting age of smoking than on the quitting age. In particular, at the mean starting age of 15 years an increase of 20% in real cigarettes prices is expected to delay smoking onset by 3 years. On the other hand, the same policy is less effective to reduce the duration of the habit because, while negative, the relationship between the duration of the smoking habit and the real price of cigarettes is weak. A policy recommendation that emerges from this evidence is that for people with a developed addiction a combination of an increment in taxes and other public health policies, like cessation therapies, could be implemented to accelerate the time of quitting smoking.
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title How increasing tobacco prices affects the decision to star and quit smoking: evidence from Argentina
title_short How increasing tobacco prices affects the decision to star and quit smoking: evidence from Argentina
title_full How increasing tobacco prices affects the decision to star and quit smoking: evidence from Argentina
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title_full_unstemmed How increasing tobacco prices affects the decision to star and quit smoking: evidence from Argentina
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