Table 4.
The average price/pack by the last purchase sources (store/non-store) of tobacco products in the 6 EU countries
| Country |
Last purchase source |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Store |
Non-store/other |
Difference |
Test |
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Average Pricea |
Average Pricea |
Average Pricea |
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| (n) | Mean | (95% CI) | (n) | Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | t | p | |
| Germany | (923) | 4.80 | (4.60–5.0) | (46) | 2.85 | (2.49–3.21) | 1.95 | (1.57–2.32) | 10.23 | <0.001 |
| Greece | (950) | 3.72 | (3.63–3.8) | (18) | 1.76 | (1.45–2.06) | 1.96 | (1.64–2.28) | 11.92 | <0.001 |
| Hungary | (947) | 2.45 | (2.27–2.64) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poland | (889) | 2.98 | (2.75–3.22) | (76) | 2.47 | (1.03–3.92) | 0.51 | (0.96–1.97) | 0.68 | 0.497 |
| Romania | (955) | 3.24 | (3.19–3.3) | (40) | 2.10 | (1.60–2.59) | 1.15 | (0.66–1.64) | 4.61 | <0.001 |
| Spain | (918) | 3.94 | (3.82–4.06) | (35) | 2.31 | (1.62–3.01) | 1.63 | (0.95–2.32) | 4.67 | <0.001 |
a
Reported prices are in € per standard pack of 20 cigarettes. Purchases of rolling tobacco were converted to grams needed to roll 1 cigarette (0.75 g) and then multiplied by 20 to obtain price per 20 cigarette equivalents.