Effectiveness of tax policy changes in Montenegro: smoking behaviour by socio-economic status.

Background: The main goal of this study was to examine the responsiveness of smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption to price and income changes by income groups and the effectiveness of tax policy changes to reduce cigarette consumption in Montenegro.

Data And Methods: A two-part model was applied to estimate smoking participation, smoking intensity price and income elasticity. The first part of the model applies logit regression, while the second uses Deaton's model to improve the validity and objectivity of conditional (smoking intensity) elasticity results.

Accelerating progress on effective tobacco tax policies in Montenegro.

Background: The objective of this study is to estimate the sensitivity of cigarette quantity demanded to price and income changes in Montenegro.

Data And Methods: The sensitivity of cigarette quantity demanded to price and income changes was estimated using micro and macro analysis. Micro analysis implied the use of Deaton's model on Household Budget Survey data (2006-2017).