The Effect of Interpersonal Spending Pressure on Intention to Smoke among Low-Income People in China

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Bai Rui, Pan Weiyu, Li Chao, Yu Zhong, Xu Juan

Abstract

Test the effect of capital on household human relationship expenditure and thus examine the effect on the willingness to smoke.


Methods: Threshold model and Critical theory of capital.


Results: China is a large consumer of tobacco, and tobacco account for a significant proportion of interpersonal spending in China. It is found that the percentage of social spending of low-income families is much higher than that of high-income families. In recent years, the social expenditures of extremely low-income people have far exceeded their income. At the same time, the types of urban and rural areas, traditional customs, business management, social exchange, and education level significantly impact the family's human relationship expenditure.


Conclusion: This paper shows that, unlike in Western countries, cigarettes present a huge advantage in interpersonal interactions in China, hence the phenomenon that the richer one is, the more one consumes tobacco. Social poverty has become a significant obstacle to the sustainable growth of low-income people's income. Under the effect of capital, the relationship between people is deeply reflected as the relationship between human and material, and then presents the characteristics of materialization. The reason why people accept this way of interaction lies in the domination of rational principles. To control the materialized social relations, we need the construction of timely theory and the formation of values free from capital control to alleviate the social poverty of low-income families, which should be paid attention to in future research.

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