Effects of a Cigarette Price Increase on the Smoking Behavior of Smokers and Non-smokers

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-215
Author(s):  
Daehwan Kim ◽  
Hojin Park
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Price Increase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cigarette Consumption ◽  
Regulatory Change ◽  
Cigarette Price ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

Objectives: The government of the Republic of Korea (ie, South Korea) drastically increased cigarette prices by 80% in 2015. The exogenous regulatory change provided us with an opportunity to examine the effects of the cigarette price increase on smoking behavior. Methods: Utilizing 2011-2016 balanced panel data from the Korea Health Panel (3693 participants each year), we divided the sample into smokers and non-smokers and traced each individual's smoking behavior. Results: Overall smoking prevalence (OR = 0.476, p < .01) and daily cigarette consumption (IRR = 0.737, p < .01) were reduced after the cigarette price increase. However, although the cigarette price increase was inversely related to smokers' cigarette consumption (OR = 0.799, p < .01), we found no statistically significant impact on smoking cessation among smokers. On the other hand, the cigarette price increase was associated with decreased smoking onset among non-smokers (OR = 0.172, p < .01) and reduced cigarette consumption after they started smoking (IRR = 0.279, p < .01). Conclusions: The reduction in smoking prevalence after the increase of the cigarette price resulted from the fact that non-smokers did not start smoking rather than from a decrease in the number of existing smokers.

scholarly journals KLAUSULA EKSONERASI DALAM PERJANJIAN KREDIT ANTARA PT. MANDIRI PERSERO (TBK) SEMARANG DENGAN WIBOWO S.E. DAN SITI AISYAH (Studi Kasus Putusan No. 8 K/Pdt/2013)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 595
Author(s):  
Hellen Rumiris ◽  
Stanislaus Atalim
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Bank Credit ◽  
Standard Contract ◽  
Consumer Protection Act ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Credit Agreement ◽  
Banking Credit

Granting credit by the bank to the society greatly helps to develop a business that is run by community both individuals and legal entities. The government of the Republic of Indonesia has intructed banking to provide credit facilities especially for the middle and lower businesses. Banking credit agreement is a standard contract made by the bank by almost not giving freedom at all to the other parties to do negotiation for the requirements offered. This type of research using a normative juridicial research. This research aims to analyze the exoneration clauses in a credit agreement between PT. Bank Mandiri Persero (Tbk) Semarang with Wibowo, S.E. and Siti Aisyah. The bank credit agreement is the legal agreement to the Article 1320 of Indonesian Civil Code. However, the exoneration clauses listed on it contradicts some basis in the law agreement and also violates the provisions of Article 18 of The Consumer Protection Act. Clauses in a credit agreement are made to regulate the rights and the obligatons of the parties so that reasonable risk sharing occures between the bank and the customer. In fact, exoneration clauses are often abused by businessman attempting to diminish, divert and even refuse responsibility. The result of this research concludes that: First, the Government must provide more limits on the using of exoneration clauses through revision of The Consumer Protection Act. Second, PT. Bank Mandiri (Tbk) Semarang must be more meticulous and careful to determine contents of credit agreement.

scholarly journals Cigarette Affordability and Cigarette Consumption among Adult and Elderly Chinese Smokers: Evidence from A Longitudinal Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (23) ◽  
pp. 4832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Hu ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Jidong Huang ◽  
Rong Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Cigarette Consumption ◽  
Cigarette Price ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Price Tiers ◽  
The Impact

China is in the midst of an epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which has increasingly accounted for a growing share of disease burden, due in part to China’s ongoing rapid socioeconomic changes and population aging. Smoking, the second leading health risk factors associated with NCDs in China, disproportionately affects the old population more than their younger counterparts. Using survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study evaluated the impact of changes in cigarette affordability on smoking behavior among middle-aged and elderly (age 45 and older) smokers. Self-reported cigarette price and disposable income were used to calculate cigarette affordability. Cigarette consumption was measured using the number of cigarettes smoked per day reported by the survey respondents. The correlation between cigarette affordability and cigarette consumption was estimated using generalized estimating equations adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic status, geolocations, and cigarette price tiers, as well as year fixed effects. The estimated overall conditional cigarette affordability elasticity of demand was –0.165, implying a 10% decrease in cigarette affordability would result in a reduction in cigarette consumption by 1.65%. The cigarette affordability responsiveness differs by demographics, socioeconomic status, geolocations, and cigarette price tiers. This study provides evidence that tax/price policies that reduce cigarette affordability could lead to a decrease in cigarette consumption among middle-aged and elderly smokers in China. Smoke-free laws, as well as minimum price regulations, may be needed to compliment excise tax policy to target specific smoking subgroups whose cigarette consumption is less sensitive to changes in cigarette affordability.

Access to Information in the Republic of Macedonia

2019 ◽  
pp. 714-732
Author(s):  
Stojan Slaveski ◽  
Biljana Popovska
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Storage

Certain information and personal data, held by the government, needs to be kept secret because its disclosure to the general public could jeopardize the operation of the state. On the other hand, the state should allow the public to have free access to all other state-held information. To ensure a balance between these two claims of modern democratic societies, there is a need to legally regulate this matter. The state should have a law on access to public information and a law that will regulate the classification, access to and storage of information which should be kept secret. This chapter analyzes the global experiences in regulating this matter, with a particular emphasis on the practice in the Republic of Macedonia.

Access to Information in the Republic of Macedonia

2016 ◽  
pp. 162-179
Author(s):  
Stojan Slaveski ◽  
Biljana Popovska
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Storage

Certain information and personal data, held by the government, needs to be kept secret because its disclosure to the general public could jeopardize the operation of the state. On the other hand, the state should allow the public to have free access to all other state-held information. To ensure a balance between these two claims of modern democratic societies, there is a need to legally regulate this matter. The state should have a law on access to public information and a law that will regulate the classification, access to and storage of information which should be kept secret. This chapter analyzes the global experiences in regulating this matter, with a particular emphasis on the practice in the Republic of Macedonia.

scholarly journals Smoking prevalence, core/periphery network positions, and peer influence: Findings from five datasets on US adolescents and young adults

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248990
Author(s):  
Cheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Random Network ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
The Past

Smoking prevalence has decreased significantly among US adolescents and young adults in the past 20 years. It is possible that adolescent and young adult smokers were moving from core to peripheral positions in social networks and thus less influential as suggested in previous research on adult smokers. We construct five sample datasets to test these hypotheses but none of them receives much support. When the proportion of smokers is relatively higher in two sample datasets, smokers tended to be at more marginal network positions than nonsmokers, both smokers and nonsmoker could exert peer influence, and the magnitude of peer influence from smokers was even greater than that from nonsmokers. When smoking was less frequent in the other three sample datasets, smokers and nonsmokers were at random network positions and no peer influence on smoking behavior was detected. Therefore, core/periphery network positions are still the key linking smoking prevalence and peer influence among US adolescents and young adults but operating through a different mechanism from their adult counterparts. When scientists design and conduct prevention programs against adolescent and young adult smoking behavior, core/periphery network positions, smoking prevalence, and peer influence should all be taken into consideration.

scholarly journals Analisis Dampak Jika Redenominasi Dilakukan: Pengaruhnya terhadap Daya Beli Masyarakat Indonesia

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 487-495
Author(s):  
Kartika Dewi
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Price Increase ◽  
Drastic Change ◽  
The Other ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Negative Side ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
The Government

The government of Indonesia has approved Bank Indonesia to redenominated Rupiah currency by eliminating three zeros starting 2011 until 2020. The Law itself is still waiting an approval from Right and Human Right Ministry then passed by the House of Representatives. The problem occurs when RupiahRedenomination will make purchasing power lower for most Indonesia. There are many pros and contras about this plan. Opponents claimed it will make the economy worse. On the other hand, Proponents can wait to see Rupiah will have the same value with other currencies, boost up rupiah credibility in international. Writer wants to analyze this plan from purchasing power for Indonesian when the program will be implemented this year 2013. Of course, it will have positive side as well as negative side. The fact that the prices for goods and servicesalways increase each month and those increases will accumulated at the end of the year will result significant increase. This big increase will result big inflation. The truth is inflation is rising up in Indonesia everyday. Government told inflation is under control but most Indonesian is getting suffered with this price increase. Most people can not afford for basic necessities. Businessmen tried to increase their employess salaries and wages but the increase is smaller than its goods pricess in results the increase in salary and wage can not cover the prices hike for goods. Journal is made by collecting information through internet, simple questioners with students and employes with Binus University campus,text-books, own experiences as Indonesian citizen.Then writer drawn a conclusion and suggestions. The result from this research based on simple questioner is disagreement on Rupiah Redenomination. At the end, writer concludes that Indonesia needs good moral citizens who can make a drastic change for Indonesian’ sake.

scholarly journals Judical Review on The Authority of Subdistrict Head as A Temporary Land Deed Officials in The Making of Deed in Bojong Subdistrict, Tegal Regency

Jurnal Akta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Muhammad Muamal ◽  
Amin Purnawan
Keyword(s):  
Land Rights ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The Sub-district head is appointed as temporary PPAT based on the provisions of the Act. It is due to there is not enough PPAT in the government area, so the government gives authority to the Sub-district head to serve the community in making deeds related to the transfer of Land Rights. In reality, not all sub-district heads are able to carry out their duties and authority. The constraints are due to the lack of Sub-district head knowledge about the duties and authority as PPAT, the number of Sub-district head duties in the government field which cause the affairs of the process of transferring rights to land are neglected and are often delegated to sub-district staff. Furthermore, the PPAT Deed Forms should not be used again since the enactment of the Regulations of the Republic of Indonesia National Land Number 8 year 2012. However, in reality many temporary PPAT or Sub-district heads still use the old forms which are no longer specified in the applicable Regulations. The deed made must be an Authentic Deed as stipulated in Article 1868 of the Civil Code concerning the Authentic Deed, namely a deed which is in the form prescribed by law, made by or before the public officials where the deed is made. On the other hand, the position as a PPAT must be in accordance with PP Number 37 year 1998 concerning the Regulation of the Position of the Land Deed Officials Keywords: Sub-district head Authority; Temporary PPAT; deed

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