Table 3.

Simple linear regression models of Cigarette Price Vs Smoking Prevalence in selected states, 1999-2013

State	Regression equation	SE of slope	r (with 95% CI)	r2	P-value
Low Tax
Missouri	S.Prev = −2.04 * Price + 32.38	0.54	−0.72 (−0.90 to −0.33)	0.52	0.0025
Virginia	S.Prev = −1.37 * Price + 25.76	0.55	−0.57 (−0.84 to −0.08)	0.32	0.0276
Median Tax
Florida	S.Prev = −1.50 * Price + 26.61	0.34	−0.77 (−0.92 to −0.43)	0.60	0.0007
Nebraska	S.Prev = −1.34 * Price + 26.80	0.45	−0.64 (−0.87 to −0.18)	0.40	0.0109
Nevada	S.Prev = −3.35 * Price + 38.40	0.62	−0.83 (−0.94 to −0.55)	0.69	0.0001
High Tax
New York	S.Prev = −0.86 * Price + 25.21	0.16	−0.84 (−0.94 to −0.57)	0.70	0.0001
Rhode Island	S.Prev = −1.27 * Price + 27.47	0.25	0.82 (−0.94 to −0.53)	0.67	0.0002

S.Prev: Smoking Prevalence.