The Relationship Between Financial Stress and Smoking Cessation in Russia
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https://doi.org/10.14515/monitoring.2025.6.2911Keywords:
financial stress, addictive behavior, economic crisis, gender behavioral differences, tobacco smokingAbstract
Russia is characterized by high rates of smoking prevalence and smoking-related losses. A substantial proportion of tobacco users attempt to discontinue this harmful habit or, at the very least, report such intentions. The paper uses RMLS data for 2000—2023 to examine how the decision to quit smoking and financial stress are related. The author analyzes the characteristics of individual stress (its presence and intensity) and estimates impact of four crisis periods in Russia (2008—2009, 2014—2015, 2020—2021 and 2022—2023) on the probability of a decision to quit smoking. Logistic regression models with fixed effects are used separately for men and women. In addition to financial stress, the models include socioeconomic characteristics of respondents, namely, age, marital status, presence of children, higher education, self-assessed health, and income level. The study shows that stress levels do not favor smoking cessation. Women quit smoking only at moderate levels of financial stress, while at high levels of stress they keep smoking. Men quit smoking at both moderate and high levels of stress. The 2014—2015 crisis encouraged smokers to quit, while the 2008—2009, 2020—2021 and 2022—2023 crises were accompanied by a decrease in the likelihood of quitting.
Acknowledgments. The paper was prepared within the framework of the HSE University Basic Research Program in the Laboratory of Economic Research of the Public Sector of the Center for Fundamental Research.
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