Table 2.
Per cent of Retailers (n = 500) Selling the Monitored Standardized Tobacco Products Over the 12-Month Transition Period
| Product name by price segment | % Retailers selling product in each wave of data | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2017 | Apr 2017 | May 2017 | |
| Value (n = 5) | ||||||||
| Carlton King Size Red 20 sticks | — | — | — | 1 | 27 | 48 | 50 | 81 |
| Carlton Superkings Red 20 sticks | — | — | — | 3 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 86 |
| JPS Players King Size Real Red 20 sticks | — | — | — | 8 | 72 | 83 | 87 | 92 |
| JPS Players Superkings Real Red 20 sticks | — | — | — | 41 | 83 | 90 | 91 | 93 |
| Rothmans Superkings Blue 20 sticks | — | — | — | 1 | 18 | 55 | 59 | 61 |
| Mid-range (n = 13) | ||||||||
| Amber Leaf Original Rolling Tobacco 30g | 6 | 20 | 71 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 93 | 78 |
| Gold Leaf JPS Quality Blend 30g | — | — | — | — | 35 | 85 | 93 | 97 |
| Golden Virginia Bright Yellow 30g | — | — | 31 | 51 | 58 | 73 | 78 | 80 |
| Golden Virginia The Original 30g | — | — | — | 21 | 66 | 90 | 94 | 95 |
| JPS King Size Real Blue 20 sticks | — | — | — | 1 | 65 | 83 | 87 | 93 |
| John Player Special Silver 25g | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lambert & Butler King Size Original Silver 20 sticks | — | — | 2 | 63 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 93 |
| L&B Blue King Size Real Blue 20 | — | — | — | 6 | 40 | 49 | 45 | 72 |
| Mayfair King Size 20 sticks | — | — | — | 5 | 56 | 80 | 85 | 89 |
| Richmond King Size Real Blue 20 sticks | — | — | 1 | 40 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 78 |
| Richmond Superkings Real Blue 20 sticks | — | — | — | 4 | 42 | 65 | 74 | 79 |
| Rothmans King Size Blue 20 sticks | — | — | — | 15 | 56 | 67 | 69 | 70 |
| Sterling King Size Dual 20 sticks | — | — | — | 0.2 | 78 | 93 | 94 | 96 |
| Premium (n = 2) | ||||||||
| Benson & Hedges King Size Gold 20 sticks | — | — | — | — | 1 | 51 | 71 | 77 |
| Marlboro King Size Gold 20 sticks | — | — | — | 0.2 | 40 | 70 | 77 | 81 |
Note: No standardized variant was released for John Player Special Silver 25 g. This product was delisted, as the manufacturers stopped producing the ‘Silver’ range for RYO. None of the monitored standardized products appeared in the retailer sample before October 2016.