Table 1

Cross-country comparison of cigarette prices paid per 20 sticks, in Purchasing Power Parity adjusted constant 2009 dollars (PPP USD)

	Bangladesh		Brazil	China	Egypt	India		Mexico	Philippines	Poland	Romania	Russia	Thailand	Turkey	Ukraine	Uruguay	Vietnam
	Manufactured cigarettes	Bidis				Manufactured cigarettes	Bidis
Overall
Mean	1.15	0.16	1.68	1.68	1.47	2.76	0.43	3.32	0.81	4.17	4.72	1.18	2.66	3.57	1.38	3.30	1.00
Median	0.74	0.18	1.68	1.25	1.35	2.43	0.29	3.47	0.63	4.09	5.00	0.97	2.68	3.19	1.26	3.59	0.72
Range of cigarette prices paid
Mean of Quintile 1 of prices paid	0.50	0.05	0.95	0.52	0.99	1.01	0.15	1.97	0.34	3.03	3.41	0.40	1.90	2.55	0.95	1.80	0.49
Mean of Quintile 2 of prices paid	0.74	0.15	1.48	0.85	0.99	2.43	0.25	2.99	0.53	4.03	4.72	0.70	2.63	3.04	1.19	3.24	0.63
Mean of Quintile 3 of prices paid	1.26	0.18	1.71	1.24	1.35	2.98	0.31	3.54	0.63	4.15	4.99	0.89	2.83	3.31	1.27	3.59	0.97
Mean of Quintile 4 of prices paid	1.48	0.18	1.95	1.77	1.42	3.60	0.37	4.64	0.91	4.59	5.11	1.32	2.98	4.00	1.47	3.71	1.69
Mean of Quintile 5 of prices paid	2.40	0.25	2.55	3.21	2.19	5.14	1.62	6.76	1.54	5.04	5.36	2.22	3.67	5.22	1.88	4.33	2.05
By unit of purchase
Mean price paid for purchases by stick	1.30	0.18	1.78	2.17	1.51	3.14	0.70	5.66	0.95	4.34	5.15	1.19	2.97	3.83	1.52	3.45	1.36
Mean price paid for purchases by pack	0.74	0.14	1.66	1.72	1.47	2.21	0.28	2.94	0.63	4.20	4.73	1.25	2.54	3.58	1.39	3.28	0.93
By smoking intensity
Mean price paid by light to medium smokers (0–10 sticks/day)	1.32	0.17	1.72	1.94	1.49	2.86	0.57	3.78	0.97	4.21	4.89	1.57	2.84	3.70	1.53	3.58	1.19
Mean price paid by heavy smokers (10+ sticks/day)	1.09	0.16	1.67	1.65	1.47	2.64	0.40	3.04	0.78	4.17	4.71	1.16	2.61	3.56	1.38	3.26	0.97
Country-specific characteristics of the currently smoking population
% Cigarettes purchased by stick	83.1	59.7	26.4	2.6	5.7	68.0	41.3	38.1	69.1	1.3	6.7	0.9	46.3	1.1	7.6	38.2	30.6
% Smokers who are heavy smokers (10+ sticks/day)	38.7	61.1	58.1	71.2	89.9	12.6	45.4	17.4	47.2	78.0	79.9	75.0	43.4	72.5	79.1	53.6	54.0
Gross domestic income per capita (PPP USD)	1487	1487	11123	7253	6114	3015	3015	13609	3516	18 050	11029	14 913	8051	14495	6004	13 144	2861
Sample size	1400	877	4659	3423	3217	4455	5865	1645	2455	2145	994	4453	2975	2320	2191	1030	1734

Prices are for manufactured cigarettes, unless noted otherwise. Estimates are weighted with sample weights for complex survey design, weighted by individual consumption (number of cigarettes smoked) and adjusted for individual price outliers.