Explaining cross-country variation in cigarette consumption

• Main Authors: Kolluru Srinivas, Bhanoji Rao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Publishing 2009-01-01
• Series: Tobacco Induced Diseases
• Subjects: social science research; purchasing power parity; united nations development programme; cigarette consumption; Asian Development Bank
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Explaining-cross-country-variation-in-cigarette-consumption,65945,0,2.html

This short paper uses cross-country data on per capita cigarette consumption and selected socio-economic variables to explain inter-country differentials in consumption. It is found that the proportion of the aged in the total population and higher literacy among women have relatively greater and positive impact on cigarette consumption. Even after controlling for the effect of the two variables, a country's industrialized status has a positive impact on consumption. It would thus seem that aging and economic, and social developments are pro-cigarette consumption.