Sex and race differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies
Sex and race differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.8.4.373
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发表时间：
1999-12-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Pacula, RL
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作者：
Chaloupka, FJ;Pacula, RL
确定青年人对价格和烟草控制政策的反应是否存在人口亚组的差异，并检查这些差异是否存在，如果存在，可以解释美国年轻人吸烟流行趋势的性别和种族差异。地方和州烟草控制政策和价格的部门和跨时期变化，以使用回归分析技术计算对这些政策的需求反应。美国八年级的全国代表性样本（13 - 14岁），10年级（15 - 16岁）和12年级（17 - 18岁）学生从1992 - 1994年监测未来调查中获得的数据。主要结果测量-30天吸烟率。结果-年轻男性对香烟价格变化的反应比年轻女性要快得多。青年男子的流行率弹性几乎是青年妇女的两倍。年轻黑人男性的吸烟率对价格变化的反应明显比年轻白色男性更敏感。对特定烟草控制政策的反应也存在重大差异。这些差异，但是，解释相对较小的差异，在年轻人口subgroup.Conclusions-Policymakers吸烟率需要记住，有没有一个"一刀切"的策略，劝阻年轻人吸烟。
Objective-To determine if there are differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies for population subgroups and to examine whether or not these differences, if they exist, can explain sex and racial differences in trends in the prevalence of smoking in young people in the United States.Design-Use cross-sectional and intertemporal variation in local and state tobacco control policies and prices to calculate demand responses to these policies using regression analysis techniques.Subjects-A nationally representative sample of American eighth grade (ages 13-14 years), 10th grade (15-16 years) and 12th grade (17-18 years) students obtained from the 1992-1994 Monitoring the Future surveys.Main outcome measure-Thirty-day smoking prevalence.Results-Young men are much more responsive to changes in the price of cigarettes than young women. The prevalence elasticity for young men is almost twice as large as that for young women. Smoking rates of young black men are significantly more responsive to changes in price than young white men. Significant differences in responsiveness to particular tobacco control policies also exist. These differences, however, explain relatively little of the differences in smoking prevalence among young population subgroups.Conclusions-Policymakers need to keep in mind that there is not a "one-size fits all" strategy for discouraging smoking among young people.