So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?

Tobacco use, which is rising quickly in developing countries, kills 5.4 million people a year worldwide. This paper explores the impacts of mobile phone ownership on tobacco consumption. Indeed, mobile phone ownership could affect tobacco consumpti...

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Main Authors:	Labonne, Julien, Chase, Robert S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION CELL PHONE CIGARETTE CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION CIGARETTE SMOKING CIGARETTES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION FLOW MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NICOTINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE INCREASES RESULT RESULTS SMOKER SMOKERS SMOKING SMOKING BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WELFARE TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO PRICES TOBACCO TAXES TOBACCO USE TOTAL CONSUMPTION USES WEB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9608509/so-want-quit-smoking-tried-mobile-phone http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6862

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spelling	okr-10986-68622021-04-23T14:02:32Z So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone? Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S. ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION CELL PHONE CIGARETTE CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION CIGARETTE SMOKING CIGARETTES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION FLOW MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NICOTINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE INCREASES RESULT RESULTS SMOKER SMOKERS SMOKING SMOKING BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WELFARE TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO PRICES TOBACCO TAXES TOBACCO USE TOTAL CONSUMPTION USES WEB Tobacco use, which is rising quickly in developing countries, kills 5.4 million people a year worldwide. This paper explores the impacts of mobile phone ownership on tobacco consumption. Indeed, mobile phone ownership could affect tobacco consumption because individuals might pay for their communication with money they would have spent on tobacco. Using panel data from 2,100 households in 135 communities of the Philippines collected in 2003 and 2006, the analysis finds that mobile phone ownership leads to a 20 percent decline in monthly tobacco consumption. Among households in which at least one member smoked in 2003, purchasing a mobile phone leads to a 32.6 percent decrease in tobacco consumption per adult over the age of 15. This is equivalent to one less pack of 20 cigarettes per month per adult. The results are robust to various estimation strategies. Further, they suggest that this impact materializes through a budget shift from tobacco to communication. 2012-06-01T15:48:57Z 2012-06-01T15:48:57Z 2008-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9608509/so-want-quit-smoking-tried-mobile-phone http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6862 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4657 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic	ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION CELL PHONE CIGARETTE CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION CIGARETTE SMOKING CIGARETTES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION FLOW MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NICOTINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE INCREASES RESULT RESULTS SMOKER SMOKERS SMOKING SMOKING BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WELFARE TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO PRICES TOBACCO TAXES TOBACCO USE TOTAL CONSUMPTION USES WEB
spellingShingle	ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION CELL PHONE CIGARETTE CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION CIGARETTE SMOKING CIGARETTES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION FLOW MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NICOTINE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE INCREASES RESULT RESULTS SMOKER SMOKERS SMOKING SMOKING BEHAVIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WELFARE TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO PRICES TOBACCO TAXES TOBACCO USE TOTAL CONSUMPTION USES WEB Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S. So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
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description	Tobacco use, which is rising quickly in developing countries, kills 5.4 million people a year worldwide. This paper explores the impacts of mobile phone ownership on tobacco consumption. Indeed, mobile phone ownership could affect tobacco consumption because individuals might pay for their communication with money they would have spent on tobacco. Using panel data from 2,100 households in 135 communities of the Philippines collected in 2003 and 2006, the analysis finds that mobile phone ownership leads to a 20 percent decline in monthly tobacco consumption. Among households in which at least one member smoked in 2003, purchasing a mobile phone leads to a 32.6 percent decrease in tobacco consumption per adult over the age of 15. This is equivalent to one less pack of 20 cigarettes per month per adult. The results are robust to various estimation strategies. Further, they suggest that this impact materializes through a budget shift from tobacco to communication.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S.
author_facet	Labonne, Julien Chase, Robert S.
author_sort	Labonne, Julien
title	So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
title_short	So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
title_full	So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
title_fullStr	So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
title_full_unstemmed	So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
title_sort	so you want to quit smoking : have you tried a mobile phone?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9608509/so-want-quit-smoking-tried-mobile-phone http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6862
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