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Pick Your Poison: A Look At Domestic Cigarette Brands

Pick Your Poison: A Look At Domestic Cigarette Brands. Carrie Avery STA 5103 October 15, 2003. Variables Ordered by Position-----. #. Variable. Type. Len. Label. 1. BRAND. Char. 23. Cigarette brand name. Data Set Name:. WORK.BRANDS. Observations:. 962. 2. LENGTH. Num. 8.

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Pick Your Poison: A Look At Domestic Cigarette Brands

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  1. Pick Your Poison:A Look At Domestic Cigarette Brands Carrie Avery STA 5103 October 15, 2003

  2. Variables Ordered by Position----- # Variable Type Len Label 1 BRAND Char 23 Cigarette brand name Data Set Name: WORK.BRANDS Observations: 962 2 LENGTH Num 8 Length (millimeters) Member Type: DATA Variables: 9 3 MENTHOL Char 2 Menthol type (M = menthol, NM = non-menthol) Engine: V8 Indexes: 0 4 FILTER Char 2 Filter Type (F = filter, NF = non-filter) Created: 11:47 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 Observation Length: 64 5 LIGHT Char 2 Light type (FF = full-flavor, LT = light, UL =ultra-light) Last Modified: 11:47 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 Deleted Observations: 0 6 PACK Char 2 Pack Type (SP = soft pack, HP = hard pack) Protection: Compressed: NO 7 TAR Num 8 Tar content (milligrams) Data Set Type: Sorted: NO 8 NICOTINE Num 8 Nicotine content (milligrams) Label: 9 CO Num 8 Carbon Monoxide content (milligrams) The Data • Federal Trade Commission Rankings of Domestic Cigarette Brands • McClave, James T., and Terry Sincich. Statistics. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 8th ed. 2000. 830.

  3. Questions • Which cigarette contains the lowest levels of harmful chemicals (Tar, Nicotine, CO)? • Which overall types? • Which individual brands? • Are there differences between brands? • Are the amounts of Tar, Nicotine, and CO related?

  4. Non-Menth Filter Ultra-Light 120/SP PACK PACK Menthol Filter Ultra-Light 120/SP Variable NM NF Full Flav HP/120 TARNICOTINECO TARNICOTINECO Label Variable Variable TARNICOTINECO 202020 110110110 3.800.364.60 N N 4.960.436.35 222 Mean Mean 1.770.172.06 0.910.091.14 24.501.8014.50 St De St De 1.000.101.00 1.000.102.00 0.710.280.71 6.000.708.00 6.000.709.00 N Min Min 24.001.6014.00 Mean 25.002.0015.00 Max Max Std Dev Minimum Maximum TARNICOTINECO Tar content (milligrams)Nicotine content (milligrams)Carbon Monoxide content (milligrams) 961962961 11.190.8111.94 4.800.293.98 0.500.000.50 27.002.0020.00 NM NF Full Flav SP/85 TARNICOTINECO 555555 21.751.2715.20 2.690.241.54 17.001.1010.00 27.001.8019.00 All Data Lowest Highest Summary Statistics • Averages, Spreads, and Extreme Values

  5. What About Brands? • Method • PROC MEANS- Grouped brands and found average levels • A new file contained brands, averages, and the number of types offered by each brand • Limited comparisons to brands offering more than 8 types of cigarettes • Number of Brands? • Total: 116 • Number offering > 8 types: 60

  6. Slow Burn or Out Like a Flash? • Brand with lowest average levels of • CO: Carlton 3 mg • Tar: Carlton 2.81 mg • Nicotine: Carlton .24 mg • Brand with highest average levels of • CO: Old Gold 15.33 mg • Tar: Old Gold 14.75 mg • Nicotine: Old Gold 1.07 mg

  7. Relationships

  8. Conclusions • Cigarette Type • Lowest: Menthol, Filter, Ultra-light 120 • Highest: Non-Menthol, Non-Filter, Full-Flavor • Cigarette Brand • Lowest: Carlton • Highest: Old Gold

  9. Conclusions • In general, Carbon Monoxide levels increases as Tar and Nicotine levels increase. • Read the Label: They’re all bad for you.

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