Smoking for the poor and vaping for the rich?: Distributional concerns for novel nicotine delivery systems

Vincenzo Carrieri; Andrew Michael Jones

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.012

Smoking for the poor and vaping for the rich? Distributional concerns for novel nicotine delivery systems

Vincenzo Carrieri, Andrew Michael Jones

Economics

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-74
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	149
Early online date	18 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.012
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016

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Keywords

Electronic-cigarettes
Income-related health inequalities
Smoking

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