Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina
Objective. To describe the evolution of cigarettes' real price and affordability during the last decade in Argentina. Methods. To analyze the real price of cigarettes, the weighted average monthly price of a pack of 20 cigarettes was divided by the consumer price index (CPI) from 2004 to 2014....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1ddb0493d7c54cf6b0a3f882b4151f0f 2023-05-15T15:12:56+02:00 Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina Germán Rodríguez-Iglesias Martín González-Rozada Beatriz Marcet Champagne Verónica Schoj 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/1ddb0493d7c54cf6b0a3f882b4151f0f EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892015000200005&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 https://doaj.org/article/1ddb0493d7c54cf6b0a3f882b4151f0f Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 98-103 (2015) Productos de tabaco tributación de los productos derivados del tabaco impuestos renta políticas públicas de salud economía indicadores Argentina Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2015 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T14:22:42Z Objective. To describe the evolution of cigarettes' real price and affordability during the last decade in Argentina. Methods. To analyze the real price of cigarettes, the weighted average monthly price of a pack of 20 cigarettes was divided by the consumer price index (CPI) from 2004 to 2014. The relative income price (RIP) was evaluated for the same period, defining RIP as the percentage of the income required to buy 100 packs of 20-per-pack cigarettes. The RIP was calculated for first-quartile, median, and third-quartile income groups. The lower the RIP, the higher the affordability. Results. The nominal price of a pack of 20 cigarettes sold in Argentina increased from AR$ 2.24 in March 2004 to AR$ 14.36 in June 2014 (nominal price increase of about 19.7% per year). The real price fell from AR$ 2.24 in March 2004 to AR$ 2.11 in June 2014 (real price drop of about 0.6% per year). Between June 2004 and June 2014, the RIP decreased about 39% for the 3rd quartile income group (from 31.3% to 19.2%), about 42% for the median (from 55.7% to 32.0%), and about 50% for the 1st quartile (from 104.4% to 51.8%). Conclusions. In Argentina, inflation and rising income were greater than growth in cigarette prices. Cigarette affordability increased for each income group, with the highest shifts occurring among the poorest and most vulnerable income earners. The increased affordability of cigarettes might reduce the impact of implemented tobacco control policies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Argentina Rip ENVELOPE(-19.509,-19.509,65.690,65.690) |
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Objective. To describe the evolution of cigarettes' real price and affordability during the last decade in Argentina. Methods. To analyze the real price of cigarettes, the weighted average monthly price of a pack of 20 cigarettes was divided by the consumer price index (CPI) from 2004 to 2014. The relative income price (RIP) was evaluated for the same period, defining RIP as the percentage of the income required to buy 100 packs of 20-per-pack cigarettes. The RIP was calculated for first-quartile, median, and third-quartile income groups. The lower the RIP, the higher the affordability. Results. The nominal price of a pack of 20 cigarettes sold in Argentina increased from AR$ 2.24 in March 2004 to AR$ 14.36 in June 2014 (nominal price increase of about 19.7% per year). The real price fell from AR$ 2.24 in March 2004 to AR$ 2.11 in June 2014 (real price drop of about 0.6% per year). Between June 2004 and June 2014, the RIP decreased about 39% for the 3rd quartile income group (from 31.3% to 19.2%), about 42% for the median (from 55.7% to 32.0%), and about 50% for the 1st quartile (from 104.4% to 51.8%). Conclusions. In Argentina, inflation and rising income were greater than growth in cigarette prices. Cigarette affordability increased for each income group, with the highest shifts occurring among the poorest and most vulnerable income earners. The increased affordability of cigarettes might reduce the impact of implemented tobacco control policies. |
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Germán Rodríguez-Iglesias Martín González-Rozada Beatriz Marcet Champagne Verónica Schoj |
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Germán Rodríguez-Iglesias Martín González-Rozada Beatriz Marcet Champagne Verónica Schoj |
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Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina |
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Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina |
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Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina |
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Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina |
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Real price and affordability as challenges for effective tobacco control policies: an analysis for Argentina |
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 98-103 (2015) |
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