Table 2

Year-to-year change in real net price for different brands and brand variants of cigarettes between 2008 and 2019 (adjusted to 2017 COP)

Brand categories	Brands*	Brand variants	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Economy	President	Con Filtro	203	90	155	112	24	10	5	−12	28	−287	289	270
	American Gold	Con Filtro	−19	−68	135	−78	89	20	71	24	110	−394	−616	−318
	Starlite	Con Filtro	128	46	224	168	209	−493	-8	9	63	−252	266	351
	Caribe	Caja Blanda	61	70	154	−102	88	20	74	−11	17	−35	172	300
	Caribe	Caja Dura	43	151	225	−189	45	−18	110	−20	65	−257	226	506
	Premier	Azul	161	114	166	110	192	126	137	5	101	−324	314	−388
	Premier	Menthol	152	94	187	184	50	200	140	82	24	−703	−354	−291
	Premier	Rojo	108	135	160	193	36	201	134	11	70	−194	137	−245
	Pielroja	Sin Filtro	−70	−40	240	82	200	40	60	45	104	−116	119	490
Mid-price	Pall Mall	Kristal Frost	122	−35	198	527	−166	156	297	31	75	−506	−607	N/A
	Green	Mentolado	19	117	118	100	189	65	108	104	97	−376	−395	−46
	Derby	Caja Blanda	29	45	334	35	43	54	205	−91	180	−209	−25	547
	Boston	Azul	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	55	110	88	108	−166	−206	516
	Boston	Plata	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	68	82	163	94	−357	−230	−109
	Mustang	Rojo	308	108	55	310	23	64	102	73	127	−412	−441	66
	Mustang	Azul	239	94	97	200	93	52	128	48	166	−200	−404	144
Premium	Rothmans†	Azul	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	506
	Rothmans†	Gris	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	527
	Chesterfield†	Capsula	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	88	541
	Chesterfield†	Menthol	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	91	392
	Chesterfield†	White	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	77	517
	Kent	Blue	−185	−66	172	367	−152	−25	170	-4	33	−720	−610	−147
	Marlboro	Rojo	−294	396	259	203	−46	121	166	62	101	−106	170	761
	Lucky Strike	Red	−36	36	208	210	−517	134	394	16	179	−310	279	878

Brands are categorised into three price categories based on the price points in the market.
Prices adjusted to real prices with 2017 chosen as the base year.
Source: Authors’ own calculations using the database of Colombia’s National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).
*Only brands for which pricing information was available for all the years between 2007 and 2019 were included in the analysis.
†These brands were introduced in 2017 and replaced the existing brands.
COP, Colombian peso; N/A, data not available.