- 作者：Ileana B. Heredia-Pi ; Edson Servan-Mori ; Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu ; Sergio Bautista-Arredondo
- 关键词：methods to quit smoking ; smoking cessation ; willingness to pay
- 刊名：Value in Health
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：July-August, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：15
- 期：5
- 页码：750-758
- 全文大小：566 K
Objectives
To estimate the maximum willingness to pay (WTP) for an effective smoking cessation treatment among smokers in Mexico and to identify the environmental, demographic, and socioeconomic factors associated with the WTP.Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted. The sample contained 777 smokers (willingness to quit using a WTP of >0) who had responded to the 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey conducted in Mexico. Statistical associations and descriptive analyses were conducted to describe smokers and their WTP by using tobacco-related environmental, socioeconomic, and demographic variables.
Results
Overall, 74.4 % of the smokers were men and 51.4 % were daily smokers. On average, the smokers had been consuming tobacco for more than 15 years, 58.6 % had made cessation attempts in the past, and around 10.0 % knew about the existence of centers to aid in smoking cessation. The average WTP for an effective cessation method was US $191. Among men, the WTP was US $152 lower than among women. In all the estimated models, the higher an individual's education and socioeconomic level, the higher his or her WTP.
Conclusions
This study suggests that Mexican smokers interested in quitting smoking attribute a high monetary value to an effective cessation method. Male smokers demonstrated less altruistic behavior than did female smokers. Mexico requires the implementation of more policies designed to support smoking cessation and to limit tobacco addiction. Expanding the availability of cessation programs and access to pharmacological treatments may contribute to reaching universal coverage by integrating new pharmacological alternatives into the health sector's medicine formulary.