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. 2020 Nov 6;20:101244. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101244

Table 2.

Own-and cross-price elasticity of demand for e-cigarettes and cigarettes, 2012–2017 Nielsen Retail Scanner data in California.

Disposable e-cigarette sales Reusable e-cigarette sales Cigarette sales
Eq. (1)
Eq. (2)
Eq. (3)
Coefficient P Coefficient P Coefficient P
Own price elasticity −0.37 0.04 −0.20 0.00 −0.21 0.04
Cross-price elasticity
Cigarette price (log) 0.50 0.11 1.74 0.00
Disposable e-cigarette price (log) −0.21 0.42 0.01 0.84
Reusable e-cigarette price (log) 0.14 0.00 −0.01 0.61



Year
2012 (reference)
2013 0.34 <0.0001 0.76 <0.0001 −0.05 0.05
2014 0.16 0.24 0.50 0.02 −0.13 0.01
2015 −0.09 0.70 0.56 0.12 −0.10 0.21
2016 0.20 0.63 0.74 0.22 −0.11 0.42
2017 0.48 0.34 1.33 0.08 −0.01 0.95



Quarter
1 (reference)
2 0.03 0.53 −0.09 0.26 0.04 0.02
3 −0.02 0.72 −0.02 0.83 0.05 0.03
4 −0.05 0.54 0.12 0.36 0.01 0.64



Market
Los Angeles (reference)
Sacramento −0.01 0.75 0.21 0.00 0.40 <0.0001
San Diego −0.24 <0.0001 −0.08 0.27 −0.08 <0.0001
San Francisco 0.12 0.02 −0.05 0.51 0.14 <0.0001
SFAL index −0.03 0.76 −0.23 0.09 −0.03 0.33