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. 2012 Jan 5;7(1):e29871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029871

Table 1. Price ranges, average undiscounted and pricemarked price, discount in pence and as a percent of undiscounted price, number of packs on display and the proportion of pricemarked packs for the most commonly displayed 20-pack brands or similarly priced brand variants, ranked in descending undiscounted price order (NA = not available or not applicable).

BRANDS PriceRange AverageRegularPrice AveragepricemarkedPrice Discount(pence) Discount(%) Number ofpacksdisplayed Pricemarked(%)
Embassy 6.1–6.77 6.37 NA NA NA 225 0
Marlboro 5.85–6.87 6.37 NA NA NA 293 0
Silk Cut 6.15–6.59 6.36 NA NA NA 414 0
Benson & Hedges Gold 5.98–6.6 6.35 NA NA NA 293 0
Camel 6.15–6.5 6.33 NA NA NA 58 0
Lucky Strike 5.68–6.85 6.32 NA NA NA 23 0
Regal 5.99–6.5 6.31 NA NA NA 27 0
Superkings 5.99–6.57 6.18 NA NA NA 231 0
Berkeley 5.35–6.57 6.02 5.4 62 10 157 33
Benson & Hedges Silver 5.55–6.35 5.84 5.68 16 3 230 18
L&B 5.6–6.39 5.82 NA NA NA 445 0
Marlboro Bright Leaf 5.39–6.47 5.81 5.58 23 4 91 88
JPS Black(White) 4.42–6.03 5.6 4.96 64 11 89 2
Sovereign 5.2–5.88 5.59 NA NA NA 131 0
Richmond 4.99–5.87 5.47 5.33 14 3 753 76
Mayfair 4.8–5.79 5.43 5.25 18 3 885 70
Royals 4.67–6.1 5.31 5.05 26 5 196 79
Winston 4.79–5.19 5.19 4.79 40 8 29 93
Sterling 4.37–5.19 4.88 4.77 11 2 615 79
JPS Silver(Menthol,Blue) 4.3–5.9 4.87 4.75 12 2 326 89
Windsor Blue 4.35–5.33 4.87 4.74 13 3 274 82
Red Band 4.25–4.8 4.76 4.6 16 3 111 95
Park Road 4.33–4.49 NA 4.48 NA NA 24 100