Table 1.
Average cigarette consumption and GDP growth in different periods
| Period | Policies | Number of months |
Average consumption (pack/month/ per capita) |
Average GDP growth (%) |
| Jan 2000 to Dec 2005 | No policies | 72 | 5.66 (0.57) | 9.54 (1.06) |
| Jan 2006 to Apr 2009 | FCTC only | 40 | 6.78 (1.22) | 11.86 (2.02) |
| May 2009 to Oct 2013 | FCTC/tax1 | 54 | 7.43 (1.83) | 8.87 (1.11) |
| Nov 2013 to Apr 2015 | FCTC/tax1/national | 18 | 7.69 (2.14) | 7.32 (0.25) |
| May 2015 to Jun 2017 | FCTC/tax1/national/tax2 | 26 | 7.20 (1.56) | 6.81 (0.10) |
FCTC, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; GDP, gross domestic product.