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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2014 Jan;38(1):103–113. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.38.1.11

Table 2.

GEE Parameter Estimates for Models Predicting Individual Estimates of Peak Consumption and Demand Elasticity. Bolded values are statistically significant.

Variable Name Peak Consumption Elasticity
B Std. Error p-value B Std. Error p-value
Intercept 1.71 .09 .00 −.55 .42 .19
Control Ads −.01 .02 .64 .04 .11 .73
ST & NRT Ads REF REF
Dissolvables −.65 .03 < .01 1.58 .10 < .01
Lozenges −.55 .03 < .01 1.45 .09 < .01
Snus −.75 .04 < .01 1.72 .11 < .01
Cigarettes REF REF
Female .01 .03 .77 .10 .13 .44
Male REF REF
Other .00 .06 1.00 −.33 .20 .10
Black/African American −.11 .07 .11 .14 .22 .54
White REF REF
College Grad −.03 .04 .42 −.05 .16 .77
Some College .04 .03 .19 −.10 .13 .44
High School or Less REF REF
Prefer not to disclose income .07 .12 .55 −.40 .31 .20
Do not know income .11 .21 .60 .17 .56 .77
$100,000 or more −.05 .07 .42 .36 .23 .12
$75,001 – $100,000 −.04 .04 .33 −.23 .17 .17
$50,001 – $75,000 −.08 .04 .04 .20 .17 .24
$25,001 – $50,000 −.03 .03 .32 .13 .16 .42
$25,000 or less REF REF
Age (continuous) .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .38
FTND (Nicotine Dependence) .09 .01 < .01 −.15 .03 < .01
QSU Factor 1 (Cigarette Craving) .05 .01 < .01 −.14 .04 < .01
Ever Used NRT −.02 .03 .46 −.02 .12 .86
Never Used NRT REF REF
Ever Used ST −.03 .03 .36 −.09 .12 .47
Never Used ST REF REF