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

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  • Carrieri, Vincenzo
  • Jones, Andrew M.

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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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  • Carrieri, Vincenzo & Jones, Andrew M., 2016. "Smoking for the poor and vaping for the rich? Distributional concerns for novel nicotine delivery systems," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 71-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:149:y:2016:i:c:p:71-74
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.012
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    Smoking; Income-related health inequalities; Electronic-cigarettes;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality

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