Tobacco purchase characteristics in urban corner stores by purchase type
| Total | Food or beverage only | Tobacco only | Food or beverage and tobacco | |
| Total purchases % (n) | 100 (6369) | 86.8 (5530) | 8.1 (514) | 5.1 (325) |
| Tobacco purchases % (n)* | 13.2 (839) | 0 | 61.3 (514) | 38.7 (325) |
| Shopper characteristics | ||||
| Age % (n)* | ||||
| Child (5–12 years) | 9.8 (621) | 99.7 (619) | 0 | 0.3 (2) |
| Adolescent (13–18 years) | 15.5 (986) | 98.2 (968) | 0.9 (9) | 0.9 (9) |
| Adult (>19 years) | 74.8 (4758) | 82.8 (3939) | 10.6 (505) | 6.6 (314) |
| Sex % (n)* | ||||
| Female | 40.2 (2559) | 89.5 (2291) | 5.9 (152) | 4.5 (116) |
| Male | 59.8 (3807) | 85.0 (3236) | 9.5 (362) | 5.5 (209) |
| Frequency of visits per week % (n)*,† | ||||
| <1 time per week | 1.8 (115) | 87.8 (101) | 8.7 (10) | 3.5 (4) |
| 1–2 times per week | 12.5 (781) | 88.3 (690) | 8.2 (64) | 3.5 (27) |
| 3–4 times per week | 29.0 (1819) | 90.0 (1638) | 6.1 (111) | 3.8 (70) |
| 5–7 times per week | 56.5 (3545) | 84.9 (3009) | 9.0 (321) | 6.1 (215) |
| Other | 0.2 (12) | |||
| Missing | 1.5 (97) | |||
| Products purchased | ||||
| Loosie purchases‡ | 4.8 (40) | 0 | 45.0 (18) | 55.0 (22) |
| Tobacco product type % (n)†‡ | ||||
| Cigarettes and little cigars | 69.5 (583) | 0 | 62.1 (362) | 37.9 (221) |
| Cigars and cigarillos | 23.8 (200) | 0 | 60.0 (120) | 40.0 (80) |
| Other | 2.0 (17) | |||
| Missing | 4.6 (39) | |||
| Price paid | ||||
| Average amount spent | US$2.96 (2.89, 3.04) | US$2.55 (2.48, 2.63)§ | US$5.02 (4.76, 5.28)¶ | US$6.66 (6.23, 7.09)§,¶ |
| Average amount spent on tobacco | US$4.88 (4.68, 5.08) | 0 | US$5.02 (4.76, 5.28) | US$4.63 (4.32, 4.94) |
| Cigarettes and little cigars | US$6.06 (5.87, 6.26) | 0 | US$6.24 (5.98, 6.49) | US$5.75 (5.46, 6.04)§ |
| Cigars and cigarillos | US$1.52 (1.39, 1.66) | 0 | US$1.55 (1.37, 1.74) | US$1.48 (1.27, 1.68) |
| Loosie purchases‡ | US$0.83 (0.70, 0.95) | 0 | US$0.94 (0.74, 1.15) | US$0.73 (0.57, 0.89) |
| Average amount spent on food or beverage | US$2.55 (2.47, 2.63) | US$2.55 (2.48, 2.63) | 0 | US$2.55 (2.21, 2.88) |
The total column provides the per cent of all purchases by characteristic.
*p<0.001, indicates a significant difference in the proportion of purchases by characteristic and purchase type.
†Estimates of total include categories not reported separately.
‡A loosie purchase is the illegal purchase of a single, unpackaged tobacco product that is not intended for individual sale. All loosie purchases in the current study were for single cigarettes.
§p<0.001, indicates a significant difference in means as compared with tobacco-only purchases.
¶p<0.001, indicates a significant difference in means as compared with food or beverage-only purchases.