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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2015 Oct 21;25(6):616–618. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052359
Year Internet cigarette
vendorst 		US grocery stores Projected annual savings if
purchased online*
Mean
of
lowest
quartile		 Median Mean
of
lowest
quartile		 Median Mean
of
highest
quartile		 Compared
to mean
price of
lowest
quartile at
grocery
stores		 Compared
to median
price at
grocery
stores		 Compared
to mean
price of
highest
quartile at
grocery
stores
2009 $22.09 $40.08 $40.46 $49.18 $61.33 $661.32 $975.24 $1,412.64
2010 $25.28 $44.00 $43.06 $54.20 $69.09 $640.08 $1,041.12 $1,577.16
2011 $28.64 $35.27 $42.74 $52.73 $70.53 $507.60 $867.24 $1,508.04
*

We calculated the projected annual savings for someone who purchased cigarettes online at the mean price of the lowest quartile, compared to the mean price of the highest quartile at US grocery stores because individuals in higher tax jurisdictions have the greatest incentive to purchase cigarettes online.

t

n=126 in 2009, 117 in 2010, and 105 in 2011