성인 흡연자의 금연의향 담배가격에 영향을 미치는 요인

• Published in: 保健敎育健康增進學會誌 Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 125 - 137
• Main Authors: 강은정(Eunjeong Kang), 이재희(Jaehee Lee)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국보건교육건강증진학회 2011
• Subjects: 예방의학; Cigarette price; Willingness-to-quit smoking; Smoking
• ISSN: 1229-4128; 2635-5302

Objectives: This paper estimates willingness to quit smoking(WQS) cigarette price among Korean adults and examines the factors related to WQS price. Methods: Data on 799 participants in a random dial telephone survey with questions designed based on Contingent Valuation Method were analyzed by conducting t-test, ${\chi}^2$ test, and OLS. Results: The median and the mean of the distribution of WQS prices were 3,000 won and 3,862 won, respectively. Age, household income, the amount of smoking, and the length of smoking period were related to WQS prices. Conclusions: The results show that increase in cigarette price could be an effective policy tool to make smokers quit smoking when the increase in cigarette prices is substantial enough to be over WQS prices. This implies that with its effect on low-income smokers to consider quitting smoking or reducing the amount of smoking, increase in cigarette price can be income-progressive in the long run by reducing the amount of expenditure spent on cigarette purchase.