Indeed, existing empirical studies indicate an increasing trend in tobacco affordability in LMICs over the recent decades, 6 21 22 especially over the period 2000–2010. 5 This research aims to analyse trends in cigarette affordability in ten selected SEE countries (five EU members: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia, and five Western Balkan (WB) countries aspiring to be EU members: Albania, BiH, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) and assess whether these changes are associated with changes in consumption.
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Affordability of cigarettes in ten Southeastern European countries between 2008 and 2019.
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