Products sold and promotional strategies used by internet cigarette vendor web sites (n=88)
| Number (%) | |
| Types of tobacco products sold | |
| Cigarettes | |
| Premium/discount/value brand | 85 (96.6) |
| Clove | 16 (18.2) |
| Bidis | 7 (8.0) |
| Own brand | 8 (9.1) |
| Cigars | 37 (42.0) |
| Smokeless tobacco | 34 (38.6) |
| Loose tobacco | 23 (26.1) |
| Tobacco seeds | 2 (2.3) |
| Tobacco paraphernalia | 20 (22.7) |
| Other tobacco products | 8 (9.1) |
| Duty-free Marlboros sold | 19 (21.6) |
| Number of cigarette brands sold | |
| 1 | 6 (6.8) |
| 2–4 | 2 (2.3) |
| 5–10 | 3 (3.4) |
| 11–49 | 30 (34.1) |
| 50+ | 44 (50.0) |
| Minimum purchase allowed3-150 | |
| 1 pack3-151 | 4 (4.6) |
| 1 carton | 35 (42.2) |
| 2 cartons | 5 (5.7) |
| 3 cartons | 13 (14.9) |
| 4 cartons | 9 (10.3) |
| 5 cartons | 21 (24.1) |
| Non-tobacco products sold | 15 (17.0) |
| Mentions Jenkins Act | 4 (4.5) |
| Promotional strategies | |
| Reduced prices | 20 (22.7) |
| Offers standing orders | 16 (18.2) |
| Weekly/monthly specials | 12 (13.6) |
| Gift with purchase | 3 (3.4) |
| Scanned images of cigarette packs or cartons | 36 (40.9) |
| Promotion of tax-free cigarettes | 29 (33.0) |
| Ads for specific tobacco brands | 7 (8.0) |