LISS Data Archive > The effects of cigarette excise tax increases on smoking behavior > Wave 2
Publisher
Centerdata
Creator
Ardine de Wit (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)); Adrienne Rotteveel (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))
Created
Nov 28 2025
Description
As of April 1, 2023, the government increased tobacco excise taxes. The goal of this survey is to study the effect of this increasing the prices of tobacco on the behavior of smokers. Data for the first wave was collected in March 2023, before the tax increase. This codebook applies to the second wave.
URL to resource
Panel
lissdata
Begin date
Dec 04 2023
There are no questions found for this study
| Variable | Dataset | English | Dutch |
|---|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | aak23a | Number of the household member encrypted | |
| aak23a_m | aak23a | Year and month of the field work period | |
| aak23a001 | aak23a | Do you smoke at present? Explanation: by smoking we also mean vaping | |
| aak23a002 | aak23a | What do you smoke? Cigarettes | |
| aak23a003 | aak23a | What do you smoke? Rolling tobacco (self-rolled) | |
| aak23a004 | aak23a | What do you smoke? E-cigarette (vape) | |
| aak23a005 | aak23a | What do you smoke? Other | |
| aak23a006 | aak23a | What do you smoke? Other, namely: | |
| aak23a007 | aak23a | Which of the following tobacco products do you smoke the most? | |
| aak23a008 | aak23a | How many cigarettes/rolled cigarettes (rolling tobacco) do you smoke per day, on average? | |
| aak23a009 | aak23a | How often do you smoke e-cigarettes / do you use vapes? | |
| aak23a010 | aak23a | Do you intend to quit smoking in the future? | |
| aak23a011 | aak23a | Have you tried to quit within the past six months? | |
| aak23a012 | aak23a | How often did you try to quit smoking, in the past six months? | |
| aak23a013 | aak23a | For how long have you been off smoking now? | |
| aak23a014 | aak23a | What were the most important reasons [to quit / to try to quit] smoking?: Health | |
| aak23a015 | aak23a | What were the most important reasons [to quit / to try to quit] smoking?: Financial reasons | |
| aak23a016 | aak23a | What were the most important reasons [to quit / to try to quit] smoking?: Social reasons / social pressure (e.g. at the request of your partner, family or friends) | |
| aak23a017 | aak23a | What were the most important reasons [to quit / to try to quit] smoking?: Child wish | |
| aak23a018 | aak23a | What were the most important reasons [to quit / to try to quit] smoking?: Other | |
| aak23a019 | aak23a | What were the most important reasons [to quit / to try to quit] smoking?: Other, namely: | |
| aak23a020 | aak23a | Was the duty increase of 1 April 2023 a reason for you [to quit / to try to quit]? | |
| aak23a021 | aak23a | Do you buy your tobacco products abroad? | |
| aak23a022 | aak23a | When you buy your tobacco products abroad, in which country do you buy them?: Belgium | |
| aak23a023 | aak23a | When you buy your tobacco products abroad, in which country do you buy them?: Germany | |
| aak23a024 | aak23a | When you buy your tobacco products abroad, in which country do you buy them?: Luxembourg | |
| aak23a025 | aak23a | When you buy your tobacco products abroad, in which country do you buy them?: Other country | |
| aak23a026 | aak23a | When you buy your tobacco products abroad, in which country do you buy them?: Other country, namely: | |
| aak23a027 | aak23a | How often did you buy tobacco products abroad in the past six months? | |
| aak23a028 | aak23a | When you buy tobacco products abroad, what do you buy?: Packs of cigarettes | |
| aak23a029 | aak23a | When you buy tobacco products abroad, what do you buy?: Cartons of cigarettes | |
| aak23a030 | aak23a | When you buy tobacco products abroad, what do you buy?: Packs of rolling tobacco | |
| aak23a031 | aak23a | When you buy tobacco products abroad, what do you buy?: Jars or tins of tobacco | |
| aak23a032 | aak23a | When you buy tobacco products abroad, what do you buy?: Other | |
| aak23a033 | aak23a | When you buy tobacco products abroad, what do you buy?: Other, namely: | |
| aak23a034 | aak23a | Each time you bought tobacco products abroad, how many packs of cigarettes did you buy? | |
| aak23a035 | aak23a | Each time you bought tobacco products abroad, how many cartons of cigarettes did you buy? | |
| aak23a036 | aak23a | Each time you bought tobacco products abroad, how many packs of rolling tobacco did you buy? | |
| aak23a037 | aak23a | Each time you bought tobacco products abroad, how many jars/tins/buckets of rolling tobacco did you buy? | |
| aak23a038 | aak23a | When you bought tobacco products abroad, for whom did you buy tobacco products?: Only for myself | |
| aak23a039 | aak23a | When you bought tobacco products abroad, for whom did you buy tobacco products?: For myself and family members/housemates | |
| aak23a040 | aak23a | When you bought tobacco products abroad, for whom did you buy tobacco products?: For myself and friends/acquaintances | |
| aak23a041 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: I travelled abroad specifically to buy tobacco products | |
| aak23a042 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: I combined this with other purchases (such as gasoline, alcohol, drugstore products) | |
| aak23a043 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: I combined this with a day out (family visit, market, city trip) | |
| aak23a044 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: I was on vacation abroad | |
| aak23a045 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: I was abroad for work | |
| aak23a046 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: Other | |
| aak23a047 | aak23a | When I bought tobacco products abroad in the past six months: Other, namely: | |
| aak23a048 | aak23a | How much of the tobacco products you personally consume were purchased abroad? (by yourself or by others) | |
| aak23a049 | aak23a | Have you changed your smoking or purchasing behavior since the duty increase of 1 April 2023? | |
| aak23a050 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: I tried to quit smoking | |
| aak23a051 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: I started cutting down on smoking | |
| aak23a052 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: I switched to another product/brand | |
| aak23a053 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: I buy my tobacco products (more frequently) abroad | |
| aak23a054 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: I started smoking fewer (rolled) cigarettes, and now use other products / types of tobacco | |
| aak23a055 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: Other | |
| aak23a056 | aak23a | In what way did you change your smoking behavior?: Other, namely: | |
| aak23a057 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I still smoke cigarettes, but a different brand | |
| aak23a058 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I still smoke rolling tobacco, but a different brand | |
| aak23a059 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I used to smoke cigarettes but switched to rolling tobacco | |
| aak23a060 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I now (also) smoke e-cigarettes / vapes | |
| aak23a061 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I now (also) use heated tobacco products | |
| aak23a062 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I have started producing my own cigarettes (with tobacco from a container) | |
| aak23a063 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: I now (also) use cigarillos | |
| aak23a064 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: Other | |
| aak23a065 | aak23a | Which product did you switch to, or which product did you start using more?: Other, namely: | |
| aak23a066 | aak23a | To what extent do you agree or disagree with these duty increases? | |
| aak23a067 | aak23a | To what extent would you agree or disagree with the duty increase on tobacco products if all the extra tax money were to be used to promote a healthy lifestyle? | |
| aak23a068 | aak23a | To what extent is the duty increase set for April 2024 a reason for you to start thinking about quitting smoking? | |
| aak23a069 | aak23a | Do you have any further comments about your smoking behavior or changes in your smoking behavior that were not addressed in this questionnaire? | |
| aak23a070 | aak23a | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | |
| aak23a071 | aak23a | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | |
| aak23a072 | aak23a | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | |
| aak23a073 | aak23a | Was it an interesting subject? | |
| aak23a074 | aak23a | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | |
| aak23a075 | aak23a | Starting date questionnaire | |
| aak23a076 | aak23a | Starting time questionnaire | |
| aak23a077 | aak23a | End date questionnaire | |
| aak23a078 | aak23a | End time questionnaire | |
| aak23a079 | aak23a | Duration in seconds |