The lowest percentage increase in median pack price was nominated by smokers of packs containing 40 cigarettes.
Table 1 shows that the mean and median price points nominated by smokers of packs of 25s were no higher than those nominated by smokers of packs of 20s.
This study examines the average amount Victorian smokers of manufactured cigarettes spent on their usual packs in 2011 and the estimated price respondents nominated their usual brand of cigarettes would have to reach before they would seriously consider quitting.
After adjusting for sex, age group, and consumption levels, no significant differences were found in the average price points nominated by smokers from the low (most disadvantaged), medium and high (least disadvantaged) SES groups, although there was evidence of a trend for higher SES respondents to report a higher price point.
The Roundabout revival of Arthur Miller's "The Price" wasn't nominated, nor were some of its stars — Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub, Jessica Hecht — but Danny DeVito, who steals the show, is nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Cuarón's faith in the unknown young Brit certainly paid off; Price has been nominated in the same category in all the major awards this season, including the Golden Globes and the Baftas.
On average, after adjusting for sex, age and consumption levels, smokers of packs containing 20 cigarettes nominated price points that indicated that sticks in their usual pack would have to reach AUD$1.21 each before they would consider quitting, a significantly higher per stick price than the average price points nominated by smokers of each of the larger pack sizes.
The estimated price an individual stick would have to reach before the smoker would seriously consider quitting was calculated by dividing the price a smoker nominated their usual pack would have to reach before they would seriously consider quitting, by the size of the pack.
Among those who were happy to continue smoking and who nominated a price point, the median current price of their usual pack was AUD$16.50 and the median quitting price point nominated was AUD$25.41 (a potential increase of more than 50%).
Over half of smokers (60.1%) who nominated a price point, indicated a price point for their usual brand at which they would seriously consider quitting of an amount that equated to 80 cents per stick or less.
