Trends in tobacco consumption and expenditures between 2006 and 2017
| Year | Smoking prevalence† (%) | Real tobacco CPI‡ (2006=100) | Smoking households only* | ||
| Number of MC packs consumed per month§ | Real expenditures on tobacco products (2017=100) | Budget share spent on tobacco products (%) | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| 2006 | 49.7 | 100 | 39.1 | 3787 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | 47.9 | 118.6 | 39.2 | 4345 | 6.6 |
| 2008 | 44.1 | 117.5 | 39.0 | 4321 | 6.5 |
| 2009 | 42.0 | 133.4 | 37.9 | 4494 | 7.0 |
| 2010 | 38.8 | 141.5 | 37.0 | 4649 | 7.2 |
| 2011 | 38.5 | 150.7 | 36.2 | 4734 | 7.5 |
| 2012 | 38.1 | 162.8 | 34.3 | 4972 | 7.4 |
| 2013 | 36.7 | 195.8 | 29.6 | 5158 | 8.3 |
| 2014 | 36.6 | 220.3 | 27.7 | 5399 | 8.6 |
| 2015 | 38.4 | 212.4 | 28.9 | 5562 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 35.9 | 230.6 | 29.1 | 5919 | 9.1 |
| 2017 | 37.0 | 244.0 | 27.2 | 5909 | 9.1 |
Source: Authors’ calculations based on Household Budget Survey (HBS) data.
*Excluding non-consumers, including expenditures on both manufactured cigarettes (MC) and roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco.
†Including both MC and RYO tobacco.
‡Consumer price indices from Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS).
§Average, excluding non-consumers.
CPI, consumer price index.