Australia; QLD
As the price of tobacco products in Australia has risen with repeated tax increases, more and more Australians are doing things like using roll-your-own tobacco or bulk-buying cartons of cigarettes in order to save money, and these behaviours could be stopping them from quitting, according to University of Queensland research. The study found that between 2007 and 2008, just over half of Australians who smoked used one cost-minimising behaviour but in 2018 this had increased to around two-thirds. Using cost-minimising strategies was associated with fewer attempts to quit smoking and with lower levels of smoking cessation, especially for strategies such as purchasing roll-your-own tobacco or cartons. The researchers say reducing opportunities for the tobacco industry to promote money-saving options, such as by standardising pack sizes and making the price of roll-your-own tobacco more similar to manufactured cigarettes could increase the effectiveness of tax increases.
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