Keeping smoking affordable in higher tax environments via smoking thinner roll-your-own cigarettes: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four-Country Survey 2006-15

Roll-Your-Own tobacco (RYO), also known as hand-rolled tobacco (HRT), is finely cut tobacco which is purchased by smokers, along with papers and filters, to self-assemble cigarettes by hand(HMRC, 2016). RYO cigarette smoking has increased in recent years in many countries, including the UK, USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and South Africa (Ayo-Yusuf and Olutola, 2013; Brown et al., 2015; Fu et al., 2014; Gilmore et al., 2014; Hiscock et al., 2017; Koszowski et al., 2014; Lugo et al., 2015; Partos et al., 2017; Tarrazo et al., 2017; World Health Organization, 2011; Young et al., 2012), and continues to be used by a substantial number of smokers in others, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand(Leatherdale and Burkhalter, 2012; Young et al., 2010; Young et al., 2012).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - October 6, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: J. Robert Branston, Ann McNeill, Anna Gilmore, Rosemary Hiscock, Timea R Partos Tags: Full length article Source Type: research