title: Cigarette demand is responsive to higher prices: findings from a survey of University students in Jordan.
abstract: To estimate the price elasticity of cigarette demand for university students aged 18-24 years in Jordan.
  
  
  
  Questions from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey were adapted and administered to students from 10 public universities in Jordan in 2014. A two-part econometric model of cigarette demand was estimated.
  
  
  
  Nearly one-third of university students in Jordan smoke, purchasing 33.2 packs per month and paying 1.70 Jordanian dinars on average (US$2.40) for a pack of 20 cigarettes. The price elasticity of cigarette demand was estimated to be -1.15.
  
  
  
  Higher taxes may be particularly effective in reducing smoking among University students in Jordan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Administration, King Talal Faculty for Business and Technology, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Al Jubaiha, Jordan.
authors.forename: Nadia J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Sweis
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cherukupalli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017059:Models, Econometric; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention / Q000191:economics; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics; D062789:Tobacco Products / Q000191:economics*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Economics; Price; Public policy; Taxation