Summary statistics for number of smokers and cigarette-tax revenue, gap sizes in baseline model, 2013–2019
| 2013 | 2019 | |
| Number of smokers (male) | 519 684 | 429 053 |
| Number of smokers (female) | 89 945 | 78 505 |
| Total tax revenue from cigarettes in million in Sierra Leone | 16 537 | 39 342* |
| Cigarette ‘Gap’ in per cent of the whole market | 42.67 | 25.92 |
Source, authors calculation based on Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2013 and 2019 and NRA data.
*Deflated to 2013 terms for comparability. The procedure for obtaining both 2013 and 2019 tax revenue is reported in online supplemental appendix 1.