Summary of user inputs for tobacco control policy scenarios
| Tobacco control policy | User inputs | ||
| Baseline scenario | Policy scenario | Policy start year | |
| Cigarette taxes | Initial price per pack of cigarettes (initial price): $4.00–$10.00 | Tax increase (tax): $0.50–$6.00 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 |
| Smoke-free air laws | Percent of existing smoke-free air law coverage in workplaces, restaurants, bars (paci ): 0%–100% | 100% coverage smoke-free air law applied to workplaces, restaurants and/or bars (Ii ) | |
| Tobacco control programme expenditures | Initial level of expenditures as % of CDC recommendation (F0 ): 0%–100% | Policy level of expenditures as 100% of CDC recommendation (Fn ) | |
| Minimum age of legal access (MLA) | Percent of population already covered by MLA at age 19 years or age 21 years (pac19 and pac21 ): 0%–100% | Raise MLA to age 19, 21 or 25 years (MLA19, 21 or 25 ) | |
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.