Table 1

Sample characteristics for the combined sample, and separately by tobacco format: factory made (FM) cigarettes or roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco

Combined sampleFM smokersRYO smokers
obs%obs%obs%
Total observations8943100.07475100.01468100.00
Individualised Affordability (%)
 Mean and SD91.49.790.610.195.55.9
Annual Income (£)
 Mean and SD29 34721 83230 27722 46424 60817 534
Price per cigarette (£)
 Mean and SD0.2650.0800.2730.0750.2270.092
Cigarettes per day
 Mean and SD16.88.216.78.117.09.1
Sex (%)
 Female519658.1464762.254937.4
 Male374741.9282837.891962.6
Age
 Mean and SD4914.24814.45012.9
Region
 London109412.296412.91308.9
 Yorkshire and The Humber7298.26458.6845.7
 East Midlands6347.15136.91218.2
 Eastern7538.46018.015210.4
 North East3934.43404.6533.6
 South East113912.793012.420914.2
 South West6577.64786.419713.4
 West Midlands7978.96799.11188.0
 North West95110.681911.01329.0
 Wales4795.43684.91117.6
 Scotland100911.388211.81278.7
 Northern Ireland2903.22563.4342.3
Ethnicity
 White853495.4709494.9144098.1
 Not white4094.63815.1281.9
Education
 Low523658.6438958.784757.7
 Moderate238026.6199826.738226.0
 High132714.8108814.623916.3
Time to first cigarette (TTFC)
 Least addicted (over 60 min)121813.6106614.315210.4
 31–60 min187921.0159321.328619.5
 6–30 min440749.3366749.174050.4
 Most addicted (within 5 min)143916.1114915.429019.8
Purchase source
 UK store-based749583.8643986.1105671.9
 Non-UK/non-store144816.2103613.941228.1
  • Total  n=4062,  observations=8943.