Access to Low-Taxed Cigarettes Deters Smoking Cessation Attempts
Andrew Hyland, PhD,
Cheryl Higbee, BA,
Qiang Li, MS,
Joseph E. Bauer, PhD,
Gary A. Giovino, PhD, MS,
Terry Alford, BA and
K. Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH
All authors are with the Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Andrew Hyland, PhD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Health Behavior, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263 (e-mail: andrew.hyland{at}roswellpark.org).
We examined whether smokers who purchased low-taxed cigarettesfrom American Indian reservations had lower quit attempt andcessation rates than did smokers who purchased cigarettes fromfull-price outlets. Smokers who bought cigarettes from AmericanIndian reservations were half as likely to make a quit attemptand had a nonsignificant trend toward lower cessation rates(20% vs 10%) compared with those who bought full-priced cigarettes.Interventions that reduce price differentials are suggestedto maximize the public health benefit of cigarette excise taxes.
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