TABLE 1.
Average price (in Turkish lira) paid per 20 manufactured cigarettes, by selected demographic characteristics — Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Turkey, 2008 and 2012
| 2008 | 2008 (inflation adjusted)* | 2012 | Relative change from 2008 (inflation adjusted)* to 2012 | |||||
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| Characteristic | Price | (95% CI) | Price | (95% CI) | Price | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) |
| Overall | 3.3 | (3.2–3.3) | 4.0 | (3.9–4.1) | 5.7 | (5.5–5.8) | 42.1 | (38.0–46.2) † |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 3.3 | (3.2–3.4) | 4.0 | (3.9–4.1) | 5.7 | (5.6–5.9) | 42.1 | (37.7–46.5)† |
| Female | 3.1 | (3.0–3.2) | 3.8 | (3.6–3.9) | 5.4 | (5.2–5.6) | 43.9 | (36.1–51.6)† |
| Age group (yrs) | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 3.4 | (3.2–3.5) | 4.1 | (3.9–4.3) | 5.6 | (5.3–5.9) | 35.7 | (26.4–45.1)† |
| 25–44 | 3.4 | (3.3–3.4) | 4.1 | (4.0–4.2) | 5.7 | (5.5–5.8) | 38.5 | (33.8–43.2)† |
| 45–64 | 3.1 | (3.0–3.2) | 3.8 | (3.6–3.9) | 5.7 | (5.5–6.0) | 52.2 | (44.2–60.3)† |
| ≥65 | 2.7 | (2.5–2.9) | 3.3 | (3.1–3.5) | 5.2 | (4.6–5.8) | 57.7 | (37.1–78.4)† |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 3.3 | (3.3–3.4) | 4.1 | (4.0–4.2) | 5.7 | (5.6–5.9) | 40.7 | (35.9–45.5)† |
| Rural | 3.1 | (3.0–3.2) | 3.8 | (3.6–3.9) | 5.5 | (5.3–5.6) | 44.7 | (37.8–51.7)† |
| Education | ||||||||
| Not graduated | 2.8 | (2.6–3.0) | 3.4 | (3.2–3.7) | 4.8 | (4.3–5.4) | 39.7 | (21.7–57.6)† |
| Primary | 3.1 | (3.0–3.2) | 3.8 | (3.7–3.9) | 5.5 | (5.3–5.7) | 43.9 | (37.8–49.9)† |
| Secondary | 3.3 | (3.1–3.4) | 4.0 | (3.8–4.2) | 5.6 | (5.4–5.8) | 40.0 | (32.5–47.6)† |
| High school | 3.5 | (3.4–3.6) | 4.3 | (4.2–4.5) | 5.9 | (5.7–6.2) | 37.2 | (30.3–44.1)† |
| University or higher | 3.6 | (3.4–3.8) | 4.4 | (4.2–4.7) | 6.2 | (5.9–6.5) | 39.8 | (30.4–49.3)† |
| Wealth index | ||||||||
| Bottom tercile | 2.9 | (2.8–3.0) | 3.6 | (3.4–3.7) | 4.9 | (4.6–5.2) | 38.3 | (28.2–48.4)† |
| Middle tercile | 3.2 | (3.2–3.3) | 4.0 | (3.9–4.1) | 5.5 | (5.3–5.7) | 39.1 | (33.7–44.5)† |
| Top tercile | 3.6 | (3.4–3.7) | 4.3 | (4.2–4.5) | 6.1 | (5.9–6.2) | 39.5 | (33.5–45.6)† |
| Unweighted no. of current smokers of manufactured cigarettes | 2,384 | 2,218 | ||||||
| Affordability index (relative income price) (%) § | 2.4 | 3.0 | 29.9† | |||||
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
*
2008 values were adjusted for inflation to represent constant 2012 Turkish lira.
†
Statistically significant.
§
Calculated as the ratio of the average price paid per 2000 cigarettes to gross domestic product per capita.