Table 2,

The effects of tobacco prices on smoking onset.

Variable	Cigarette smoking onset (N=111,996)		Bidi smoking onset (N=113,566)		Any smoking onset (N=105,402)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Cigarette prices (OR, 95% CI)	0.87*** (0.83, 0.92)	1.03 (0.98, 1.08)	--	--	0.87*** (0.83, 0.9)	1.08*** (1.03, 1.13)
Bidi prices (OR, 95% CI)	--	--	--a	0.42*** (0.35, 0.51)	0.84* (0.70, 1.02)	0.67*** (0.56, 0.81)
Model 1: Linear year trend	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Model 2: Year effects	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes

Note:

^*p<0.1

^**p<0.05

^***p<0.01.

Weighted logistic regressions also controlled for duration dependency, time-varying age, age squared, gender, a dummy of residing in rural areas at the time of survey, and state fixed effects. Standard errors were clustered to adjust for inter-temporal correlations within the same individual. Elasticity esimtates for significant negative associations between cigarette prices and smoking onset are −2.4 (Column1) and −2.5 (Column5). Elasticity esimtates for significant associations between bidi prices and smoking onset are −4.8 (Column4), −1.0 (Column5), and −2.2 (Column 6).

^athe logit regressions with a linear year trend did not converge.