美国人对香烟价格的不同反应 使用大麻和不使用大麻的成年人
Tingting Yao1,2, Hai-Yen Sung1,2, Lela Chu3,4
1Institute for Health & Aging, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
概括
目前使用大麻的成年吸烟者更容易对香烟价格上做出反应. 更高的香烟价格有效地减少了吸烟的参与和强度,特别是在大麻使用者中,这表明烟草税的潜在影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 香烟和大麻的共同使用很普遍,但它对香烟价格反应的影响仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解需求的价格弹性对于针对戒烟的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较目前使用大麻和不使用大麻的美国成年人之间的香烟需求的价格弹性.
- 通过检查价格如何影响共同使用者的吸烟行为来告知烟草控制政策.
主要方法:
- 来自国家药物使用和健康调查 (2004-2019) 的横截面数据的分析.
- 应用一个由两个部分组成的计量经济学模型,包括参与的逻辑回归和强度的线性回归.
- 对于目前的大麻使用者和非使用者的单独估计.
主要成果:
- 从2004年到2019年,吸烟率下降,大麻使用和共同使用增加.
- 大麻使用者表现出更高的价格弹性:参与率为-0.20,强度为-0.27,总需求为-0.47.
- 非大麻使用者显示价格弹性为-0.23 (参与),-0.13 (强度) 和-0.36 (总需求).
- 大麻使用者在减少吸烟参与和强度方面,对价格的反应更为敏感.
结论:
- 更高的香烟价格与吸烟率,强度和大麻使用者和非使用者的整体需求减少有关.
- 目前使用大麻的成年吸烟者对价格更敏感,这表明烟草税可能对这个群体特别有效.
- 通过税收提高香烟价格是减少美国成年人吸烟的有效策略,特别是大麻使用者.
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