TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fidanovski,Kristijan
AU  - Jovanovikj,Biljana
AU  - Kungl,Nóra
AU  - Ross,Hana
TI  - Easier to afford, more likely to be smoked? Marlboro indices show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe
T2  - wiiw Policy Notes and Reports
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Wien
PB  - Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw)
KW  - Marlboro indices
KW  - cigarette affordability
KW  - cigarette taxation
KW  - Albania
KW  - Austria
KW  - Belgium
KW  - Bosnia and Herzegovina
KW  - Bulgaria
KW  - Croatia
KW  - Cyprus
KW  - Czechia
KW  - Denmark
KW  - Estonia
KW  - Finland
KW  - France
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Germany
KW  - Greece
KW  - Hungary
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Italy
KW  - Latvia
KW  - Lithuania
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - North Macedonia
KW  - Norway
KW  - Poland
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Romania
KW  - Serbia
KW  - Slovakia
KW  - Slovenia
KW  - Spain
KW  - Sweden
KW  - Switzerland
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Ukraine
KW  - United Kingdom
N2  - Cigarette prices vary widely across Europe and are difficult to compare, not least because of brand availability and income differences. We have developed two indices (Marlboro-Water and Marlboro-Eggs), comparing the price of a well-known brand sold in 34 European countries to that of two widely used consumer goods to provide intuitive estimates of cigarette affordability. Our indices show that cigarettes tend to be most affordable in the South and the East of Europe, where tobacco taxes tend to be lower and smoking rates higher. By expressing the affordability of cigarettes relative to widely used consumer goods, this study aims to shed further light on the well-established links between tobacco taxes, prices and consumption, highlighting the benefits of policies that aim to reduce cigarette affordability

UR  - https://wiiw.ac.at/p-7416.html
ER  -