Proportion of illicit cigarette consumption by selected region and condition—Brazil, 2019
| Region | Condition (brand × price) | % Overall illicit (A+C*D) | |||
| Illicit | Legal | ||||
| % Illicit among all brands* (A) | % Sold ≥R$ 5.0† among illicit brands (B) | % Legal among all brands* (C) | % Sold <R$ 4.5† among legal brands (D) | ||
| Brazil | 38.6 (35.8–41.5) | 26.1 | 61.4 (58.5–64.2) | 13.8 | 47.1 (44.2–49.9) |
| North of the land border with Paraguay‡ | 58.6 (49.7–66.9) | 59.8 | 41.4 (33.1–50.3) | 7.1 | 61.5 (53.1–69.3) |
| Land border with Paraguay§ | 64.1 (57.5–70.3) | 12.7 | 35.9 (29.7–42.6) | 3.8 | 65.5 (58.8–71.6) |
| South of the land border with Paraguay¶ | 27.7 (23.0–33.0) | 21.1 | 72.3 (67.0–77.0) | 12.5 | 36.7 (31.9–41.9) |
| North** | 24.6 (17.9–32.9) | 63.5 | 75.4 (67.1–82.1) | 15.2 | 36.1 (28.2–44.9) |
| Northeast with coastline†† | 36.3 (31.4–41.4) | 31.4 | 63.7 (58.6–68.6) | 22.8 | 50.8 (45.9–55.6) |
| Northeast ‘without coastline’‡‡ | 64.3 (51.1–75.6) | 23.4 | 35.7 (24.4–49.0) | 18.6 | 70.9 (58.3–80.9) |
| Southeast§§ | 37.1 (32.6–41.9) | 27.2 | 62.9 (58.1–67.4) | 13.5 | 45.6 (40.9–50.4) |
| Central-West¶¶ | 36.6 (28.2–45.8) | 22.9 | 63.4 (54.2–71.8) | 7.9 | 41.6 (32.8–50.9) |
All estimates are weighted by average daily cigarette consumption.
*Based on brands approved on the Brazilian market by ANVISA (‘brand-illicit’ vs ‘brand-legal’).
†Based on the price per pack paid by smokers in their last purchase.
‡Acre, Rondônia and Mato Grosso.
§Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná.
¶Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
**Amazonas, Roraima, Amapá, Pará and Tocantins.
††Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia.
‡‡Piauí.
§§Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
¶¶Goiás and Distrito Federal.