Table 2

Weighted percentage difference in cost of smoking for sociodemographics and cost-minimising strategies from GAM

Percentage difference in cost of smoking (100β with 95% CI)
Model 1Models 2 to 5Model 6
Baseline modelAdjusted for sociodemographicsAll variables
Age
 Per 10 years increase7.21 (6.42 to 8.01)0.14 (−0.42 to 0.70)
Gender
 Malerefref
 Female2.22 (−0.34 to 4.78)0.11 (−1.69 to 1.91)
Social grade
 Lowrefref
 Middle−1.08 (−3.88 to 1.72)1.44 (−0.52 to 3.40)
 High−1.50 (−4.33 to 1.32)
Factory-made cigarette consumption*
 Per 10 cigarettes decrease−10.17 (−10.35 to −9.99)−12.99 (−13.18 to −12.80)
RYO cigarette consumption†
 Per 10 cigarettes decrease1.19 (1.44 to 0.94)−5.86 (−6.06 to −5.66)
Use of illicit sources‡
 No use of illicit sources in last 6 monthsrefref
 Used illicit sources in last 6 months−5.91 (−10.59 to −1.23)−9.64 (−12.94 to −6.33)
Cross-border purchase§
 No cross-border purchase in last 6 monthsrefref
 Cross-border purchase in last 6 months−7.04 (−11.72 to −2.37)−9.47 (−12.74 to −6.20)
  • *50.4% of variance in spending accounted for by factory-made cigarette consumption.

  • †9.5% of variance in spending accounted for by RYO cigarette consumption.

  • ‡0.1% of variance in spending accounted for by use of illicit sources of tobacco.

  • §0.1% of variance in spending accounted for by use of cross-border sources of tobacco.

  • GAM, generalised additive models; RYO, roll-your-own.