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Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2012 Oct 23;23(1):10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050473. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050473

Table 3.

Results of multi-level regression analyses predicting cigarette pack prices in mid-sized California cities

Predictors:	Price	Marlboro Price	Newport Price

	b SE_b	b SE_b	b SE_b
Community level (N=50):
Population density	−.04 (.04)	−.05 (.05)	−.01 (.03)
Percentage of minors	−.05 (.06)	−.01 (.06)	−.13 (.06)^*
Median HH income	.08 (.03)^*	.12 (.04)^*	.03 (.03)
Education	.04 (.07)	.04 (.08)	.02 (.07)
African American	.00 (.03)	.06 (.04)	−.05 (.03)
Hispanics	.12 (.06)^*	.13 (.07)	.13 (.06)^*
Prevalence of adult smokers	−.01 (.01)	−.02 (.01)^*	−.00 (.01)
Tobacco outlet density	.02 (.01)	.02 (.01)	.00 (.01)
Local tobacco retailer licensing	−.10 (.09)	−.20 (.10)^*	−.01 (.07)
Cigarette tax	−.01 (.04)	.00 (.06)	−.03 (.04)
Retail level:	N=997	N=472	N=525
Type of outlet (small market reference)
Convenience store	−.07 (.08)	−.08 (.09)	−.07 (.10)
Smoke/tobacco shop	−.31 (.12)^*	−.31 (.12)^*	−.31 (.15)^*
Supermarket	.48 (.10)^**	.49 (.12)^**	.55 (.12)^**
Drug/pharmacy store	−.43 (.09)^**	−.35 (.12)^**	−.38 (.13)^**
Liquor store	−.02 (.07)	−.15 (.11)	.01 (.09)
Other	−.06 (.16)	.05 (.14)	−.02 (.29)

^**

p≤.005;

p≤.05