Table 2.
Cigarette prices, affordability index and consumption (1990–2007)
| Year | Nominal retail price (RMB/pack) | Consumer price index (1990=100) | Real retail cigarette price (1990=100) (RMB/pack) | Proxy disposable income per capita (RMB) | Affordability index | Per capita consumption (packs/year) |
| 1990 | 1.088 | 100.0 | 1.088 | 1637 | 1.000 | 65.97 |
| 1991 | 1.207 | 103.4 | 1.168 | 1884 | 1.038 | 67.64 |
| 1992 | 1.328 | 110.0 | 1.207 | 2298 | 1.150 | 66.15 |
| 1993 | 1.421 | 126.2 | 1.126 | 2975 | 1.391 | 68.99 |
| 1994 | 1.564 | 156.6 | 0.998 | 4014 | 1.706 | 68.29 |
| 1995 | 1.736 | 183.4 | 0.946 | 4938 | 1.890 | 70.17 |
| 1996 | 1.944 | 198.6 | 0.979 | 5731 | 1.959 | 67.77 |
| 1997 | 2.177 | 204.2 | 1.066 | 6314 | 1.928 | 68.54 |
| 1998 | 2.316 | 202.5 | 1.144 | 6654 | 1.910 | 65.82 |
| 1999 | 2.464 | 199.7 | 1.234 | 7034 | 1.897 | 64.50 |
| 2000 | 2.585 | 200.5 | 1.289 | 7732 | 1.988 | 60.95 |
| 2001 | 2.793 | 201.9 | 1.383 | 8467 | 2.015 | 64.60 |
| 2002 | 3.086 | 200.3 | 1.541 | 9271 | 1.997 | 68.09 |
| 2003 | 3.420 | 202.7 | 1.687 | 10460 | 2.033 | 69.57 |
| 2004 | 3.899 | 210.6 | 1.851 | 12277 | 2.093 | 72.09 |
| 2005 | 4.522 | 214.4 | 2.109 | 14128 | 2.076 | 71.81 |
| 2006 | 5.384 | 217.6 | 2.474 | 16214 | 2.328 | 77.41 |
| 2007 | 6.641 | 228.0 | 2.913 | 19033 | 2.340 | 80.96 |
Sources: China's Statistics Yearbook (1989–2008), China National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing, China; China Tobacco Statistics Yearbook (1989–2008), China National Tobacco Company, Beijing, China.