Report of regularly purchasing cigarettes in less expensive venues because they were cheaper in the 12 past months by community
| Community | Sample size | Cigarette excise tax per pack | Proximity to cheaper source of cigarettes* | Price differential ($) | Less expensive venue or source | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any less expensive venue or source† | Internet | Indian reservation | Another state | Another country | Any less expensive venue‡ | Smoke discount/ generic brand | Use more coupons | |||||
| *Distance to Indian reservation, another state, or another country with lower cigarette excise taxes. | ||||||||||||
| †Use of a discount and/or a generic brand in 2001 or a response of “yes” to any of the following questions: “In the last 12 months, did you purchase cigarettes over the Internet for your own use?”; “In the past 12 months, have you or a friend or relative regularly purchased cigarettes for your own use on an Indian reservation?”; “In the past 12 months, have you or a friend or relative regularly purchased cigarettes for your own use in another state?”; “In the past 12 months, have you or a friend or relative regularly purchased cigarettes for your own use in another country?”; “Do you use coupons to purchase cigarettes more frequently now than five years ago?”. | ||||||||||||
| ‡Report of purchasing cigarettes on the internet, Indian reservation, another state, or another country. | ||||||||||||
| Binghamton/Johnson City, NY | 214 | 1.11 | 5–40 miles | 0.80 | 83% | 0% | 15% | 66% | 3% | 73% | 34% | 27% |
| Utica, NY | 193 | 1.11 | 5–40 miles | 1.11 | 81% | 5% | 64% | 15% | 3% | 73% | 33% | 25% |
| Lowell, MA | 136 | 0.76 | 5–40 miles | 0.76 | 76% | 1% | 5% | 59% | 1% | 64% | 28% | 13% |
| Longview/Kelso, WA | 196 | 0.83 | <5 miles | 0.15 | 72% | 0% | 9% | 45% | 2% | 61% | 43% | 14% |
| Fitchburg/Leominster, MA | 158 | 0.76 | <5 miles | 0.76 | 71% | 1% | 3% | 55% | 2% | 58% | 32% | 16% |
| Trenton, NJ | 118 | 0.80 | <5 miles | 0.49 | 61% | 3% | 2% | 54% | 2% | 51% | 12% | 15% |
| Davenport, IA | 234 | 0.36 | 40+ | 0 | 59% | 1% | 2% | 17% | 1% | 47% | 33% | 29% |
| Santa Fe, NM | 195 | 0.21 | 5–40 miles | 0.21 | 58% | 0% | 41% | 9% | 3% | 48% | 18% | 6% |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 278 | 0.36 | 40+ | 0 | 58% | 0% | 2% | 13% | 2% | 38% | 32% | 32% |
| Yonkers, NY | 136 | 1.11 | 40+ | 0.61 | 57% | 9% | 9% | 25% | 3% | 27% | 18% | 15% |
| Albany/Corvallis, OR | 215 | 0.68 | 40+ | 0 | 57% | 0% | 5% | 14% | 4% | 24% | 42% | 18% |
| Medford/Ashland, OR | 208 | 0.68 | 40+ | 0 | 55% | 0% | 6% | 13% | 1% | 24% | 38% | 17% |
| Greensboro, NC | 208 | 0.05 | 5–40 miles | 0.02 | 55% | 0% | 2% | 13% | 1% | 20% | 26% | 29% |
| New Rochelle, NY | 147 | 1.11 | 40+ | 0.61 | 52% | 7% | 15% | 34% | 2% | 20% | 7% | 14% |
| Raleigh, NC | 213 | 0.05 | 40+ | 0 | 52% | 0% | 1% | 13% | 2% | 18% | 29% | 28% |
| Las Cruces, NM | 165 | 0.21 | 5–40 miles | 0.21 | 50% | 1% | 12% | 15% | 5% | 14% | 30% | 12% |
| Bellingham, WA | 203 | 0.83 | <5 miles | 0.83 | 48% | 1% | 18% | 10% | 4% | 15% | 23% | 5% |
| Hayward, CA | 132 | 0.87 | 40+ | 0 | 45% | 3% | 10% | 19% | 4% | 13% | 26% | 11% |
| Vallejo, CA | 149 | 0.87 | 40+ | 0 | 43% | 3% | 6% | 18% | 1% | 13% | 27% | 5% |
| Patterson, NJ | 104 | 0.80 | 40+ | 0 | 34% | 2% | 2% | 18% | 2% | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Total/average | 3602 | 59% | 2% | 11% | 25% | 2% | 34% | 28% | 18% | |||