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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2017 Jun 1;105 Suppl:S4–S9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.027

Table 3.

Price paid per pack and affordability index (relative income price) of manufactured cigarettes, GATS Thailand, 2009 and 2011.

Price paid per pack (THB) Affordability index
(relative income price)
Annual GDP per
capita (THB)



2009 (inflation adjusted) 2011 Relative change (%) 2009 2011 Relative change (%) 2009 2011
Overall 47.8 (47.1, 48.5) 52.0 (51.0, 52.9) 8.7* 5.2 (4.9, 5.5) 5.6 (5.3, 5.9) 7.5 143,353 164,513
Bangkok 51.0 (50.1, 51.9) 53.3 (51.8, 54.7) 4.4* 1.3 (1.2, 1.3) 1.3 (1.2, 1.3) 0.1 377,183 422,141
Central 46.5 (45.0, 48.1) 51.9 (50.0, 53.8) 11.7* 2.2 (2.1, 2.2) 2.5 (2.5, 2.6) 17.5* 200,292 204,166
North 45.5 (43.8, 47.2) 49.1 (47.2, 51.1) 8.0* 6.8 (6.5, 7.1) 6.7 (6.5, 7.0) −0.9 62,372 72,925
Northeast 47.2 (45.5, 48.8) 51.2 (48.9, 53.4) 8.4* 10.7 (10.3, 11.0) 10.5 (10.1, 11.0) −1.3 41,237 48,549
South 49.8 (48.5, 51.2) 54.4 (52.3, 56.4) 9.1* 3.7 (3.6, 3.8) 5.8 (5.6, 6.0) 56.9* 93,400 125,270

Note: Authors' calculation using Thailand GATS 2009 and 2011. 95% confidence intervals in parentheses.

Significant (p < 0.05) relative changes are indicated with asterisk (*) based on the respective z-statistics. Regional GDP per capita values obtained from the National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand, 2014. Gross Regional and Provincial Product, Chain Volume Measure 2012. http://eng.nesdb.go.th/Portals/0/eco_datas/account/gpp/2012/Summary2012.pdf.

Official exchange rates (THB per US$, period average) for 2009 and 2011 were 34.29 and 30.49, respectively (Source: World Development Indicators, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF, last updated April 17, 2017).