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Roll-your-own cigarette use in Italy: sales and consumer profile—data from PASSI surveillance, 2015–2016

Authors: Valentina Minardi, Gianluigi Ferrante, Paolo D’Argenio, Maria Masocco, Lorenzo Spizzichino, Carla Bietta, Benedetta Contoli, Silvano Gallus

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 3/2019

Abstract

Objectives

The use of roll-your-own (RYO) cigarette has substantially increased in most high-income countries recently. This work aims to update Italian trends on loose tobacco sales and to describe the consumer profile of predominant RYO users.

Methods

Data from the Italian Agency of Customs and State Monopolies and from PASSI (Italian behavioral risk factor surveillance system) were used. Information on 16,858 interviews to current smokers aged 18–69 was analyzed.

Results

Sales of loose tobacco increased more than sevenfold between 2004 and 2017. In 2015–2016, 11.6% of smokers reported smoking predominantly RYO cigarettes, with higher percentages among the youngest where a significant association between use of RYO and education was observed, unlike what happened in older adults. The association between economic difficulties and use of RYO was observed only in older adults.

Conclusions

A growing trend in RYO cigarette sales was registered between 2004 and 2017. In young smokers, the greater use of RYO was observed among the most educated regardless of financial strain, while in older ones among those with economic difficulties.

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Title: Roll-your-own cigarette use in Italy: sales and consumer profile—data from PASSI surveillance, 2015–2016
Authors: Valentina Minardi
Gianluigi Ferrante
Paolo D’Argenio
Maria Masocco
Lorenzo Spizzichino
Carla Bietta
Benedetta Contoli
Silvano Gallus
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01204-5

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