title: Perceived price sensitivity by ethnicity and smoking frequency among California Hispanic and non-Hispanic white smokers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little is currently known about price sensitivity across ethnic groups as well as for non-daily smokers. To address this issue, this study compared perceived price sensitivity across smoking status (daily and non-daily) and within ethnicity (Hispanic and non-Hispanic White) in a recent representative population survey of California smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study employed data from the 2008 California Tobacco Survey (CTS), a large population-based random-digit-dialed telephone survey. Participants were 1,777 non-Hispanic White and 450 Hispanic respondents who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes and currently smoked daily or on some days.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Differences in perceived price sensitivity were found by ethnicity when controlling for age, gender, and cigarette consumption. Comparisons across ethnic groups indicated that Hispanic smokers, in general, have more price-sensitive perceptions than non-Hispanic White smokers. However, daily versus non-daily status had no effect on price sensitivity when controlling for cigarette quantity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings indicate that pricing increases may be differentially influential for Hispanic compared with non-Hispanic White smokers across smoking status categories.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. mgmyers@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Edland
authors.forename: C Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.forename: Wael K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Al-Delaimy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003132:Commerce; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*