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13.1 Price elasticity of demand for tobacco products
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Relevant news and research: Price elasticity of demand for tobacco products

Albinowski, M., Lewandowski, P. and Ross, H. (2025). Differential effects of tobacco taxation across educational groups: evidence from Poland. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40912915


Ali, F. R. M., DeLong, P., Guerrero-Lopez, C. M., Rodriguez-Iglesias, G. and Drope, J. (2025). Global cigarette market: trends in sales, pricing and estimates of price elasticity across WHO regions (2008-2022). Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40764027


Cruces, G., Puig, J., Lunghi, I., Flores Munoz, M. and Paraje, G. (2025). Tobacco consumption, gender and caregiving: a case study in Argentina. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40759491


Keeler, C., Yao, T., Wang, Y., Max, W. and Sung, H. Y. (2025). Price-Responsiveness of Cigarette Smoking Behaviors across Income Groups in the United States. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40874571


Rumayan Hasan, A. M., Sakin, Z. R., Mostafa, S., Thow, A. M., Lencucha, R., Mahmood, S. S. and Rasheed, S. (2025). Political economy of tobacco tax in Bangladesh: understanding policy context and implementation challenges. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40825577


Guindon, G. E., Finot Cornejo, I., Flores Munoz, M., Pruzzo, L. and Paraje, G. (2025). The associations between prices and taxes and the use of tobacco products in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Policy, 105396. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40716165


Reed, D. D., Graham, M. E., Gelino, B. W. and Strickland, J. C. (2025). Operant demand for cigarettes varies by unit of purchase: Comparing purchasing of packs and individual cigarettes. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40608457


Semprini, J. (2025). State Cigarette Taxes and Lung Cancer Incidence, United States, 1970-2019. Public Health Rep, 3.33549E+14. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40663168


Shimul, S. N. and Huang, J. (2025). Does raising tobacco taxes reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases? A panel data analysis of 152 countries. BMJ Open, 7, e097447. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40659394


Del Arco-Osuna, M. A., Almeida, A., Galiano, A. and Martin-Alvarez, J. M. (2025). Socio-Economic Evolution and Tobacco Products Sales in Spain: A Long-Term Analysis of the Tobacco Kuznets Curve. Health Econ. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40468615


Dincer, M. (2025). Effects of tobacco products taxes on consumption in Turkiye. East Mediterr Health J, 5, 309-316. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40552601


Tran, T. P. T., Nguyen, T. N. P., Vu, T. T., Duong, T. A., Phan, H. T., Luong, N. K., The, S. D., Lim, M. K., Quah, A. C. K., Thompson, M. E., Fong, G., Oh, J. K. and Hoang, M. V. (2025). What cigarette price would drive Vietnamese people who smoke to quit smoking? Findings from the 2019-2020 ITC Vietnam surveys. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40506225


Zhu, S. H., Anderson, C. M., Zhuang, Y. L., Sung, H. Y. and Gamst, A. C. (2025). Association of a major tobacco tax increase in California with increased smoking cessation. J Natl Cancer Inst. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40570136


Chakraborty, R., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Berg, C., Zhang, S., Bernat, D. and Yang, Y. T. (2025). Associations between state tobacco control measures and cigarette purchases by U.S. households, 2015-2021. Prev Med, 108291. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40239897


Park, M. and Son, H. (2025). Intensity Matters: Heterogeneous impact of cigarette tax reform on drinking behaviors by smoking intensity. Soc Sci Med, 117654. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40245777


Azagba, S., Ebling, T. and Korkmaz, A. (2025). Differential impacts of cigarette tax increases on health equity in the United States. Public Health, 94-100. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40043476


Ma, S., Shang, C., Do, V. V., Huang, J., Pechacek, T. F. and Weaver, S. R. (2025). The impacts of product characteristics and regulatory environment on smokers' preferences for tobacco and alcohol: Evidence from a volumetric choice experiment. PLoS One, 3, e0320023. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40073034


He, A., Wang, Z. and Zheng, R. (2025). How do Chinese smokers respond to cigarette price? Evidence from a nationwide household survey. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39912204


Lopez-Nicolas, A., Branston, J. R. and Ross, H. (2025). An assessment of proposals for reforming the European union's tobacco tax directive. Int J Drug Policy, 104724. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39893802


Zasimova, L. and Kolosnitsyna, M. (2025). Is the affordability of cigarettes associated with the prevalence of smoking and quitting at the regional level in Russia?. Int J Drug Policy, 104726. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39914040


Morales, J. and Santander, S. (2025). Assessing Cigarette Reduction Tax-Effectiveness in Low Tobacco Expenditure Contexts: An Application to Bolivia. Health Econ. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39810313


Al-Sheyab, N. A., Khader, Y., Alyahya, M. S., Sweis, N. and Mirza, M. (2024). Comparative analysis of the impact of cigarette taxation on consumption, revenue and mortality in Jordan. East Mediterr Health J, 11, 788-797. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39722638


Aziz, N., Almas, A., Mahmood, T., Bloomfield, G. S. and Samad, Z. (2024). Taxing tobacco as a strategy to reduce consumption and increase public health benefits in Pakistan. East Mediterr Health J, 11, 772-778. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39722636


Dennett, J. M. (2024). The Long-Term Impacts of Cigarette Taxes on Smoking. Am J Health Econ, 4, 568-602. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39678172


Hammerich, A., El-Awa, F., Arabi, N. E., Kasinja, C., El-Gohary, S. and Hafeez, H. (2024). Tobacco taxes can save the next generation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. East Mediterr Health J, 11, 798-802. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39722639


Mostafa, A. (2024). Development of a policy brief to reform waterpipe tobacco taxation in Egypt. East Mediterr Health J, 11, 779-787. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39722637


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