Perceived Price Sensitivity by Ethnicity and Smoking Frequency Among California Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Smokers
A partir des données d'une enquête téléphonique californienne réalisée en 2008 auprès de 2 227 fumeurs dont 450 d'origine hispanique, cette étude évalue leur sensibilité au prix du tabac, en fonction de leur appartenance ethnique, de leur âge, de leur sexe et de leur consommation quotidienne de cigarettes
Objectives: 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.