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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2016 Apr 1;2(2):166–175. doi: 10.18001/trs.2.2.7

Table 1:

Means of cigarette design features by country

Cigarette
Length
(mm)
Tipping
Paper
Length
(mm)
Tobacco
Length
(mm)
Filter
Length
(mm)
Filter
Weight
(g)
Pressure
Drop
(mmH20)
Ventilation
(%)
Tobacco
Weight Per
Cigarette (g)
Filter
Density
(mg/cm3)
Rod
Density
(mg/cm3)
United
States
Mean 94.4a 32.6a 66.9a 27.6a 0.150a 107.3a 23.4a 0.774 115.8a 246.9a
Min. 78.7 23.2 56.0 18.8 0.097 83.1 0.3 0.60 101.0 212.9
Max. 119.1 37.4 87.5 31.7 0.186 142.9 59.8 0.97 133.9 312.5
United
Kingdom
Mean 89.9b 28.4b 66.4a 23.9b 0.123b 102.4ab 25.3ab 0.66a 112.6ab 212.9
Min. 82.4 25.0 56.6 19.7 0.106 76.8 5.9 0.59 58.0 206.0
Max. 99.2 32.5 74.1 41.8 0.156 123.5 52.7 0.89 132.2 281.5
Mexico Mean 78.5c 24.0c 60.3jb 19.7c 0.106c 110.5ab 30.0ab 0.66 122.9 258.7b
Min. 73.0 17.9 56.1 13.9 0.034 89.2 4.4 0.60 37.7 196.8
Max. 97.7 32.1 73.8 26.9 0.139 150.8 84.0 0.86 148.8 327.6
Thailand Mean 83.5d 26.7d 63.3c 19.7d 0.105c 93.3c 7.5c 0.70ab 114.0ab 242.7a
Min. 82.6 24.9 62.2 19.0 0.097 73.8 1.3 0.42 102.5 157.3
Max. 84.2 27.3 64.2 21.1 0.116 119.9 51.7 0.75 124.0 275.4
Mauritius Mean 82.8d 26.0d 60.5d 22.0c 0.108 c 95.0c 14.0c 0.73ab 105.3 257.4b
Min. 82.2 25.5 55.7 21.1 0.102 84.6 2.8 0.60 98.3 215.0
Max. 83.2 31.1 61.2 26.8 0.139 111.8 45.3 0.82 117.1 294.5

All omnibus tests across countries were significant, p < .001.

Letter superscripts are Bonferroni results for differences between countries for each individual design characteristic.