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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health. 2007 Jul 3;122(1):3–10. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.020

Table 3. Sensitivity analysis of price elasticity at 60 % tax increase.

Change in price elasticity
(%)
Change in adult smoking prevalence
(%)
Change in cumulative gain in Lys
(millions)
Change in cumulative gain in QALYs
(millions)
Change in reduction in number of packs used
(billions)
Change in cumulative gain in tax revenue
(billions)
Change in cumulative reduction in medical care costs
(billions)
Change in total savings
(billions)
-50 2.7 -4.24 -7.36 -23.86 -48.24 -176.50 -224.74
-25 1.2 -2.00 -3.42 -11.03 -22.31 -81.50 -103.81
0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25 -1.0 1.80 3.02 9.66 19.52 71.10 90.62
50 -1.8 3.45 5.70 18.22 36.84 133.80 170.64