Who uses rollies? Trends in product offerings, price and use of roll-your-own tobacco in Australia

Bayly, Megan; Scollo, Michelle; Wakefield, Melanie

doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054334

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“…These strategies provided more options to avoid large increases in upfront costs in the years following the 25% tobacco tax increase. 32 Notably, the lower SES group responded more rapidly and to a greater extent to the 25% tax intervention than the higher SES group. However, subsequent increases in the prevalence of smoking of RYO among the lower but not higher SES group suggests more pronounced longer-term product switching to RYO, consistent with evidence of greater price sensitivity among low-income groups.…”

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Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia between 2001 and 2017: an interrupted time-series analysis

Wilkinson

Scollo

Wakefield

et al. 2019

The Lancet Public Health

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Background Building on substantial tobacco control action over the previous decade, Australia increased the taxes on tobacco by 25% without forewarning on April 30, 2010. Australia then became one of a few countries to pre-announce a series of increases in tobacco taxes, with annual 12•5% increases starting from December, 2013. We aimed to examine the effects of both tax increases on smoking prevalence.Methods By use of survey data from Australians aged 14 years and older in five capital cities, we did an interrupted time-series analysis to model the monthly prevalence of smoking (overall, of factory-made cigarettes [FMC], and of roll-your-own tobacco [RYO]), in the total sample and stratified by socioeconomic status subgroups. We measured outcomes in

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Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia between 2001 and 2017: an interrupted time-series analysis

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Wakefield

et al. 2019

The Lancet Public Health

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“…In the lower price segments, tobacco companies implemented more name changes, introduced more new brand variants (including menthol and flavour capsules) and more RYO variants and placed more advertisements for lower priced products then they did for premium and midprice products. Other work suggests that RYO is a lower cost alternative to smokers who may otherwise quit and so this may explain the introduction of more RYO offerings in lower price segments 40–42. Similarly, menthol and particularly flavour-capsule variants appeal more to non-smokers and non-daily smokers compared with smokers and may therefore recruit non-smokers 8.…”

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Prospective longitudinal study of tobacco company adaptation to standardised packaging in the UK: identifying circumventions and closing loopholes

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ObjectivesUK standardised packaging legislation was introduced alongside pack size and product descriptor restrictions of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive to end tobacco marketing and misinformation via the pack. This paper aims to assess compliance with the restrictions and identify attempts to continue to market tobacco products and perpetuate misperceptions of harm post legislation.Design, setting and interventionA prospective study of the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products to the UK.Participants and outcomesWe analysed commercial sales data to assess whether the legally required changes in pack branding, size and name were implemented. To explore any adaptations to products and packaging we analysed sales data, monthly pack purchases of factory-made (FM) cigarettes and roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco, tobacco advertisements from retail trade magazines and articles on tobacco from commercial literature (retail trade, market analyst and tobacco company publications).ResultsOne month after full implementation of the UK and European Union policies, 97% FM and 98% RYO was sold in compliant packaging. Nevertheless, tobacco companies made adaptations to tobacco products which enabled continued brand differentiation after the legislation came into force. For example, flavour names previously associated with low tar were systematically changed to colour names arguably facilitating continued misperceptions about the relative harms of products. Tobacco companies used the 1-year sell-through to their advantage by communicating brand name changes and providing financial incentives for retailers to buy large volumes of branded packs. In addition, tobacco companies continued to market their products to retailers and customers by innovating exemptions to the legislation, namely, filters, packaging edges, seals, multipack outers, RYO accessories, cigars and pipe tobacco.ConclusionsTobacco companies adapted to packaging restrictions by innovating their tobacco products and marketing activities. These findings should enable policy makers globally to close loopholes and increase the potential efficacy of standardised packaging policies.

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“…Lower taxes contribute to the increasing affordability of smokeless tobacco products 12 . Recently in many developed countries, a substantial number of price-conscious smokers of factory-made cigarettes (FM) are encouraged to self-assemble cigarettes by hand or roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) to reduce the cost of smoking 13 . Hence, increased taxation on other tobacco products (RYO and SLT) would address their relative affordability, especially if it resulted in comparable costs to other tobacco products or factorymade cigarettes.…”

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Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties

Kengadaran¹,

Anusha²

2020

Tob. Prev. Cessation

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INTRODUCTION Tobacco taxation is the most effective way to prevent and reduce tobacco use. However, all tobacco products are not taxed in the same manner or same rate across countries. Hence, this study aimed to identify the total tobacco tax disparity among countries that are Parties to the WHO FCTC agreement. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among the signees of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. The trends of taxation on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products were retrieved from WHO FCTC reports published in 2017 and 2018; median tax percentages were then compared based on the economic status of the countries and their corresponding WHO region. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS Maximum disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation was observed in the SouthEast Asia region, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and African regions. The disparity was comparatively less in the region of the Americas and the European region (p<0.05). CONCLUSION There was variation in tobacco taxation among various FCTC Parties according to the economic status and WHO region of each country.

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Who uses rollies? Trends in product offerings, price and use of roll-your-own tobacco in Australia

Cited by 21 publications

References 30 publications

Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia between 2001 and 2017: an interrupted time-series analysis

Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia between 2001 and 2017: an interrupted time-series analysis

Prospective longitudinal study of tobacco company adaptation to standardised packaging in the UK: identifying circumventions and closing loopholes

Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties

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