Purchase patterns: carton versus pack, and brand choice, by cigarette outlet type
| Average price paid | Brand usually smoked (% of buyers) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual source of cigarettes | Percentage of buyers who usually buy by the pack | $/Pack | $/Carton | Marlboro | Camel | Other premium† | Generic | Other brands‡ |
| Convenience stores/gas stations | 89.0 (1.5)* | 3.54 (0.02) | 28.23 (0.66) | 54.6 (2.3) | 9.0 (1.2) | 18.7 (2.0) | 9.5 (1.7) | 8.2 (1.3) |
| Liquor/drug stores | 89.1 (2.4) | 3.56 (0.06) | 28.27 (1.14) | 50.9 (5.1) | 8.5 (2.3) | 20.0 (3.8) | 9.3 (2.7) | 11.3 (2.7) |
| Supermarkets | 62.9 (5.5) | 3.51 (0.08) | 28.97 (0.87) | 38.9 (5.4) | 6.1 (3.0) | 29.9 (5.6) | 13.1 (4.5) | 12.0 (3.9) |
| Discount stores | 31.6 (4.1) | 3.19 (0.08) | 27.76 (0.39) | 44.2 (3.0) | 5.1 (1.4) | 23.3 (2.5) | 12.8 (2.3) | 14.6 (2.3) |
| Non-taxed sources | 27.8 (5.9) | 2.90 (0.24) | 20.60 (1.03) | 43.0 (8.8) | 9.9 (4.6) | 18.1 (5.4) | 15.3 (6.4) | 13.7 (4.9) |
| *(±95 % CI) †Includes Salem, Merit, Winston, Benson&Hedges, Kool, Vantage, Newport, Pall Mall, Kent, Virginia Slims, Carlton, and More. ‡Includes non-generic brands, which were not among the top 14 named brands, such as American Spirit, Galoise, etc. | ||||||||