Table 3.
Discounts for cigarettes, by brand and year: California 2017–2018
| Percent of stores with discounted single-pack price | At least one advertised discount for cigarettes | |||||||||
| % of stores | Natural American Spirit | Marlboro | Newport | Pall Mall | ||||||
| 2017 (N = 887) | 2018 (N = 803) | 2017 (N = 1043) | 2018 (N = 1024) | 2017 (N = 962) | 2018 (N = 893) | 2017 (N = 754) | 2018 (N = 742) | 2017 (N = 1049) | 2018 (N = 1049) | |
| 3.9% | 11.0% | 4.5% | 6.6% | 18.2% | 23.4% | 17.6% | 20.8% | 59.5% | 64.6% | |
| Generalized linear mixed models | ||||||||||
| AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||||||
| Intercept | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 1.16 | |||||
| Year (2018 vs. 2017) | 3.06 (2.03, 4.60) | 1.52 (1.03, 2.25) | 1.38 (1.10, 1.74) | 1.23 (0.95, 1.60) | 1.27 (1.06, 1.53) | |||||
| Store type | ||||||||||
| Convenience & small market vs. all others | 0.74 (0.49, 1.10) | 0.46 (0.30, 0.69) | 1.22 (0.94, 1.57) | 1.11 (0.84, 1.48) | 1.59 (1.26, 2.01) | |||||
Note. Cell entries are percent of stores and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from generalized mixed linear models.