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. 2020 Mar 29;5(3):e002143. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002143

Table 1.

Model parameters

Variable Data source Value
Tobacco
Own-price elasticity Cigarettes: LIC, LMIC, UMIC Authors’ assumptions based on International Agency for Research on Cancer44 –0.5
Cigarettes: HIC –0.4
Relative risk of all-cause mortality Cigarette smoker Authors’ assumptions based on multiple sources (see table A3 in online supplementary appendix) 2.2
Former smoker Authors’ assumption based on Doll et al28 See figure 4 in Doll et al28
Alcohol
Own-price elasticity Alcohol: LIC, LMIC, UMIC Authors’ assumption based on Nelson45 –0.65
Relative risk of all-cause mortality Daily consumption of grams of pure alcohol Authors’ estimates based on Grisworld et al46 See figure A2 in online supplementary appendix
Sugar-sweetened beverages
Own-price elasticity Sugar-sweetened beverages Authors’ estimates based on Cabrera Escobar et al5 –1.2
Relative risk of all-cause mortality Body mass index Authors’ estimates based on Aune et al47 See figure A3 in online supplementary appendix

HIC, high-income country; LIC, low-income country; LMIC, lower middle-income country; UMIC, upper middle-income country.