Table 4

Summary of median (minimum, maximum) own-price elasticities of demand by product, outcome measure and income level

ProductQuantity consumedIntensity among usersParticipation
High-income countries
 Cigars−0.9 (–1.7, 0.1), n=7 −0.3 (–0.3, –0.3), n=1
 Electronic cigarettes−1.8 (–2.1, –0.8), n=4−0.1 (–1.0, 0.7), n=1−0.5 (–0.6, –0.4), n=1
 Kreteks – −0.4 (–0.4, –0.4), n=1
 Little cigars−1.4 (–3.2, –0.9), n=3
 Nicotine patches−2.5 (–3.0, –1.6), n=1
 Pipes−0.6 (–0.6, –0.6), n=1
 Roll your owns−0.6 (–1.7, –0.4), n=5
 Smokeless−0.2 (–0.5, 0.0), n=8−0.1 (–0.2, 0.0), n=2−0.3 (–0.6, 0.0), n=6
Low-income and middle-income countries
 Bidis−0.6 (–0.9, –0.1), n=3−0.2 (–0.2, –0.2), n=1−0.5 (–2.7, 0.0), n=3
 Roll your owns –0.0 (0.0, 0.0), n=1
 Smokeless −0.1 (−0.1, –0.1), n=1−0.5 (–0.6, –0.1), n=4
 Waterpipes−1.5 (–1.5, –1.5), n=1
  • n, number of studies.