Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH Canada), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Oct;41(10):315-318. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.41.10.06.
The association between pricing and cigarette consumption is long-established. However, the effects of taxation alone can be diminished if relative income increases. Therefore, affordability is seen as a key determinant of demand for cigarettes, as it combines the impact of changing prices with economic growth or wage increases. This brief analysis employs methods used by the World Health Organization in examining cigarette affordability, and explores the trend in affordability across Canadian provinces over a 10-year period, from 2009 to 2019. The discussion illustrates how monitoring affordability over time can help policy makers in Canadian provinces design tobacco taxation for maximum impact.
定价与香烟消费之间的关联由来已久。然而，如果相对收入增加，仅通过税收的影响可能会减弱。因此，可负担性被视为香烟需求的关键决定因素，因为它结合了价格变化和经济增长或工资上涨的影响。本简要分析采用了世界卫生组织在研究香烟可负担性时使用的方法，并探讨了 2009 年至 2019 年十年间加拿大各省可负担性的趋势。讨论说明了随着时间的推移监测可负担性如何帮助加拿大各省的政策制定者设计烟草税以产生最大影响。
