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. 2018 Mar 23;8(3):e019169. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019169

Table 3.

Summary of user inputs for tobacco control policy scenarios

Tobacco control policy User inputs
Baseline scenario Policy scenario Policy start year
Cigarette taxes Initial price per pack of cigarettes (initial price): $4.00–$10.00 Tax increase (tax): $0.50–$6.00 2016,
2017,
2018,
2019 and
2020
Smoke-free air laws Percent of existing smoke-free air law coverage in workplaces, restaurants, bars (paci): 0%–100% 100% coverage smoke-free air law applied to workplaces, restaurants and/or bars (Ii)
Tobacco control programme expenditures Initial level of expenditures as % of CDC recommendation (F0): 0%–100% Policy level of expenditures as 100% of CDC recommendation (Fn)
Minimum age of legal access (MLA) Percent of population already covered by MLA at age 19 years or age 21 years (pac19 and pac21): 0%–100% Raise MLA to age 19, 21 or 25 years (MLA19, 21 or 25)

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.