title: Reduced affordability of cigarettes and socio-economic inequalities in smoking continuation in Stakhanov, Ukraine, 2009.
abstract: The recent tobacco excise tax increase and economic crisis reduced cigarette affordability in Ukraine dramatically. Using survey data from Stakhanov (n = 1691), eastern Ukraine, we employed logistic regression analysis to examine whether socio-economic status was associated with the continuation of smoking in this environment in 2009. Low education (in women) and ownership of household assets (in men) were negatively associated with smoking continuation, whereas a positive association was found for personal monthly income. Our findings suggest that in a low-income setting where efficient cessation services are absent, reduced cigarette affordability may have only a limited effect in cutting down smoking.
authors: 1 Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (SCOHOST), Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia mall.leinsalu@sh.se.
authors: Mall
authors: M
authors: Leinsalu
authors: 1 Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (SCOHOST), Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden 3 Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Stickley
authors: 4 Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre (AMC), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors: Anton E
authors: AE
authors: Kunst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics*; D062789:Tobacco Products / Q000191:economics*; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult