Prices of cigarettes in six cities in China from 2007 to 2010
| 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Average self-reported cost of 18 top brands of cigarettes (Yuan/pack) | 7.80 | 7.79 | 7.83 |
| Real prices (in 2007 Yuan) | 7.80 | 7.44 | 7.30 |
| Average retail prices of 18 cigarette brands that were purchased in all the three retail store surveys (Yuan/pack) | 6.26 | 6.40 | 6.28 |
| Real prices (in 2007 Yuan) | 6.26 | 6.12 | 5.85 |
(1) In total, we purchased 280 packs of cigarettes (28 brands×10 packs) in 2007, 928 packs in 2009 and 713 packs in 2010. (2) Numbers of smokers who completed each wave of the International Tobacco Control China surveys were: 4627 in wave 2 (2007), 4410 in wave 3 (2009) and 1190 in the phone survey (2010).