About this webinar:

In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis have heightened financial challenges, potentially motivating some individuals who smoke, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, to quit smoking to reduce costs. However, financial stress may hinder quit attempts, and nicotine-dependent individuals may prioritise cigarettes over essentials like food. This seminar presents trends in smoking-induced deprivation (SID), defined as reporting that spending money on cigarettes in the past six months resulted in insufficient money for household essentials such as food across England, Canada, Australia, and the US from 2016 to 2022. It explores the characteristics associated with SID and whether experiencing SID influences subsequent quit attempts and quit success at follow-up.

About this speaker:

Dr Ara Cho is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Public Health at The University of Queensland. Dr Cho’s research has focused on the impact of tobacco tax increases on smoking and tobacco purchasing behaviours. Her current research focuses on the unintended consequences of the tobacco tax increase, including illicit tobacco use and financial hardship among individuals who smoke.