Table 1

Summary statistics

VariableMeanSD
Per-capita cigarette consumption (in thousand sticks)0.970.67
Per-capita cigarette consumption (in thousand sticks)—HICs1.100.46
Per-capita cigarette consumption (in thousand sticks)—LMICs0.880.77
Overall cigarette tax score2.341.17
Overall cigarette tax score—HICs3.000.93
Overall cigarette tax score—LMICs1.871.09
GDP per capita (in $10 000)2.582.04
POWE score15.602.37
% population aged 15–6465.385.37
% population aged 65 and older11.136.60
Observations (n)381
Countries (n)97
  • GDP, gross domestic product; HICs, high-income countries; LMICs, low and middle-income countries.