Descriptive statistics for the price of one pack of cigarettes (sales and excise taxes removed) by presence of state minimum price law (data collected June–October 2001)
| State’s status with respect to minimum price law* | n | US$ mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Seven states do not have minimum price law and eight states have minimum price law. New York has the most stringent minimum price law, and it is included in the “yes” group. | ||||||
| Marlboro | ||||||
| No | 348 | 3.05 | 0.40 | 1.90 | 4.12 | |
| Yes | 277 | 3.04 | 0.37 | 2.01 | 3.80 | |
| New York | 60 | 3.18 | 0.33 | 2.01 | 3.76 | |
| Newport | ||||||
| No | 339 | 3.12 | 0.40 | 2.03 | 4.12 | |
| Yes | 284 | 3.03 | 0.36 | 1.86 | 4.14 | |
| New York | 58 | 3.20 | 0.28 | 2.41 | 3.76 | |