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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2013 Dec 7;60:3–9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.001

Table 2.

Mean bids across cities and treatment groups+

Bid_SNUS BID_ARIVA BID_NICORETTE BID_CIGARETTES
Overall (N=571)* $1.26 $1.58 $2.09 $4.12
Mean Bids across Cities
Buffalo (N=209)** $1.86 $2.24 $3.06 $5.34
Columbia (N=195) $0.84 $1.08 $1.51 $2.72
Selinsgrove (N=167) $1.00 $1.35 $1.55 $4.22
Mean Bids across Treatment Groups
Control Group (N=62) $0.72 $1.44 $2.04 $4.09
Only Pro-ST info
(N=60)
$1.59 $1.69 $1.94 $4.40
Only Anti-ST info
(N=67)
$1.30 $1.92 $2.97 $4.77
Both pro- and anti- ST
info(N=61)
$1.52 $1.60 $1.76 $3.15
Anti-smoking info
(N=60)
$1.85 $2.06 $3.00 $4.17
Anti-smoking and pro-
ST info (N=65)
$1.12 $1.35 $1.60 $4.24
Snus trial (N=64) $0.60 $0.91 $1.54 $3.30
Nicorette trial (N=67) $1.55 $1.80 $1.90 $4.16
Ariva trial (N=65) $1.13 $1.48 $2.03 $4.76
*

Differences between bids for snus and avira, snus and Nicorette, ariva and Nicorette, and all ST products vs. cigarettes are statistically significant at the 1% level using a t-test.

**

Bids for all products are higher in Buffalo, NY than the other locations. The differences in bids are statistically significant at the 1% level using a t-test.

+

Auctions conducted from November 2010-November 2011.