THE HEALTH NEW ZEALAND DATABASE ON
TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONSUMPTION AND ITS
DETERMINANTS
IN 23 OECD COUNTRIES, 1960-2000
This database has
been compiled over a number of years by Dr Murray Laugesen and represents
a complete revision of data previously published in 1991 and was last
updated in 2005.
Countries The
database includes the 24 industrialised countries belonging to the OECD:
Pacific
rim countries: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and the USA,
Nordic countries: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland;
European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK; also Turkey .
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database, and reserves the right to update the data as more accurate data
comes to hand. Health New Zealand cannot be responsible for the results and
conclusions, or for the effects to anyone arising from the use of the
data by purchasers or others.
Data
prices and purchase See orderform.htm
Likely
uses of the data The
data is useful for
analytical multivariate studies of
price, income and government restrictions on tobacco use
descriptive
studies of the trends in determinants of tobacco consumption.
reference
source for history of advertising restrictions and warnings.
Tobacco
products consumption data by country and year
T1 Tobacco
products consumption complete 1960-00
T2 Tobacco
products consumption per adult complete 1960-00
T3 Manufactured
cigarettes in millions complete 1960-00
T4 Manufactured
cigarettes per adult by number. complete
1960-00
T5 Cigars
and cigarillos in tonnes complete 1960-00
T6 Cigars
and cigarillos in grams per adult complete
1960-00
T7 Other
manufactured tobacco in tonnes complete
1960-00
T8 Other
manufactured tobacco in grams per adult complete
1960-00.
T9 Production of manufactured
cigarettes fairly
complete.
T10 Filter
cigarettes as % of manufactured cigarettes. fairly complete post-1970.
(where complete means in some cases that after full search,
missing data remain).
The price
of tobacco products
Real price in US dollars, also in local
currency.
P1 Directly
from price surveys in US dollars, compiled for 17 countries, 1960-00.
P2 From
national accounts expenditure data divided by consumption.
Most
countries including those not covered by P1. All countries covered by
either P1 or P2 for 1960-00
Real income per capita data
I1 Real
total private consumption expenditure on all goods and services per
person. Complete 1960-00, for 23 countries.
I2 Real total gross domestic product
per person. Complete 1960-00 for
23 countries.
Restrictions and laws
R1 Health
warnings on cigarette packets scored for each country and year. Complete
for 23 countries, 1960-00. This
comes with a narrative description of the chronology of restrictions.
R2 to R8 Cigarette advertising restrictions
scored for each of 7 media by country and year. Complete for 23
countries, 1960-00. This comes
with a narrative description of the restrictions.
Affordability and Costliness
A1,A2 Affordability
of tobacco products. Complete for 23 countries for
1960-2000.
In the case of Turkey
data complete to 2000.
Mainly based on price survey data.
C Costliness of tobacco products.
Complete for 23 countries for 1960-2000.
In the case of Turkey
data complete to 1990. National accounts data.
Population
data
P1 Population
age 15 and over, in thousands. WHO
data
Exchange
rates
E1 1980
and 1990, US dollars per national currency unit. OECD data.
Consumer
general price index OECD
data
G1 Consumer
price index (general retail price index). 1980 = 100. Complete for 23 countries
