Carrieri, Vincenzo and Jones, Andrew Michael orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-1785 (2016) Smoking for the poor and vaping for the rich?:Distributional concerns for novel nicotine delivery systems. Economics Letters. pp. 71-74. ISSN 0165-1765
Abstract
We compare income-related inequalities in the use of traditional smoking and of novel nicotine delivery systems (NDS), such as e-cigarettes and other smokeless products, and we apply a regression-based decomposition method for rank-dependent inequality measures to estimate the source of inequalities in the use of NDS. Using data from the 2013 wave of the Health Survey for England, we find that pro-poor inequality is greater for traditional smoking than for smoking and the smokeless products combined. Significant pro-rich inequalities are found in e-cig and other NDS consumption due to higher take-up among richer, younger and better-educated smokers. These patterns might lead to a long-run equilibrium with both higher average health and higher socioeconomic health inequalities.
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Keywords: | Electronic-cigarettes,Income-related health inequalities,Smoking |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2016 10:39 |
Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2025 00:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.012 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.012 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106309 |