Exploring the Relationship between Tobacco Consumption and Food Consumption

Abstract

Many people assume that cigarette consumption absorbs substantial household expenditures that affect the
purchase of other food items for consumption. This study aims to evaluate whether there is a relationship
between people spending on cigarettes with people expenditure on food. The data used is the average per capita
monthly expenditure in 2013-2017. This data is obtained from data publication of Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS).
The method used in this research is correlation analysis. The result shows that the expenditure on cigarettes has
a significant relationship with some foodstuffs. This finding suggests that some of the foodstuffs are not the
primary consumption of food. This result occurs most likely due to indicates that the increasing people's income.