Table 2

Nominal and real price of cigarettes, by price category since 2011

Year	Nominal retail price (Rs per pack; weighted average for the year)			Real retail price (Rs per pack; weighted average for the year)			Premium/discount percentage relative to popular brand
	Premium	Popular	Economy	Premium	Popular	Economy	Premium	Economy
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
2011	118	103	93	138	121	109	14	−10
2012	132	119	107	149	135	121	10	−10
2013	143	141	117	156	154	128	1	−17
2014	155	145	125	164	154	133	7	−14
2015	165	145	130	173	152	136	14	−11
2016	183	158	133	189	163	137	16	−16
2017	213	178	140	213	178	140	20	−21
Percentage change
2011–2017	81%	73%	51%	54%	47%	29%

Note: (1) Where nominal retail prices were increased during a particular year, we calculated a weighted average retail price (in Rs per pack) for the calendar year, and (2) the real retail price (in Rs per pack) is calculated at the displayed nominal price, divided by the average CPI value of the appropriate year.