Table 3. Average excess expenditures associated with departures of regional smoking behavior and cigarette consumption from national average, 1992–2009.

Average Excess Expenditure	BEA Region
	New England	Mideast	Great Lakes	Plains	Southeast	Southwest	Rocky Mountain	Far West
Attributable to prevalence of smoking
Mean	−37.0	−34.8	62.5	−21.7	66.4	−6.54	−119	−34.5
SE	6.80	7.65	13.8	4.76	14.6	1.45	26.1	7.62
Attributable to mean cigarette consumption per smoker
Mean	42.1	−68.6	−19.1	10.9	87.8	−134	−16.7	−175
SE	9.86	16.0	4.50	2.55	20.5	31.4	3.90	41.1
Attributable to differences in smoking behavior: prevalence and mean cigarette consumption per smoker
Mean	5.30	−103	43.4	−10.7	154	−141	−135	−210
SE	9.00	21.0	12.1	4.09	30.7	32.1	28.3	45.5
Attributable to state tax differential effects
Mean	98.5	30.0	−2.65	−34.0	−59.9	0.00104	14.6	28.0
SE	21.5	15.8	6.01	17.0	74.2	6.29	17.8	49.6
Implied proportional difference between measured and estimated true cigarette consumption per smoker (proportion)
Mean	0.416	0.163	−0.0165	−0.141	−0.236	0.00000317	0.0791	0.164
SE	0.0906	0.0860	0.0374	0.0704	0.292	0.0192	0.0962	0.290
Total attributable to differences in smoking behavior including state tax differential effects
Mean	104	−73.4	40.7	−44.8	94.4	−141	−121	−182
SE	25.4	25.4	11.5	17.5	90.2	34.0	32.7	51.7
Total regional difference, including state tax differential effects (millions of 2010 US dollars)
Mean	1,500	−3,530	1,890	−910	7,330	−5,210	−1,310	−9,470
SE	370	1,220	367	356	7,010	1,260	355	2,690

Data are given as 2010 US dollars per capita unless otherwise indicated. Negative dollar amounts indicate savings compared to national average smoking behavior; positive dollar amounts indicate excess expenditures compared to national average smoking behavior. Negative proportions indicate that estimated true consumption is less than measured consumption; positive proportions indicate that estimated true consumption is less than measured consumption.