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Tob Control 15:247-253 doi:10.1136/tc.2005.015347
  • Research paper

The Tobacco Control Scale: a new scale to measure country activity

Table 4

 European countries ranked by total Tobacco Control Scale score

Country Price (30) Public place bans (22) Public info campaign spending (15) Advertising bans (13) Health warnings (10) Treatment (10) Total (100)
Bold countries are EU members; *accepted to join EU; other, non-EU; – no data. The 10 countries which joined the EU in 2004 are: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia.
Ireland 23 21 3 12 6 9 74
UK 30 1 15 11 6 10 73
Norway 26 17 5 13 6 4 71
Iceland 25 11 13 13 6 2 70
Malta 19 17 3 9 7 7 62
Sweden 19 15 2 13 6 5 60
Finland 18 12 1 13 7 7 58
Italy 16 17 2 10 6 6 57
France 23 6 4 11 6 6 56
Netherlands 16 9 4 12 6 5 52
Cyprus 21 6 1 12 6 5 51
Poland 16 10 0 12 6 6 50
Belgium 16 8 2 12 7 5 50
Slovakia 18 8 0 11 6 6 49
Hungary 17 6 1 10 6 7 47
Bulgaria * 19 6 0 9 6 6 46
Estonia 14 9 2 11 1 8 45
Denmark 17 3 2 10 6 7 45
Portugal 17 5 10 6 1 39
Greece 17 7 0 4 6 4 38
Czech Republic 12 6 0 9 6 5 38
Germany 20 2 0 4 6 4 36
Slovenia 13 6 0 7 6 4 36
Switzerland 15 5 4 4 3 4 35
Lithuania 11 6 1 9 6 1 34
Spain 12 3 3 3 6 4 31
Austria 14 4 0 4 6 3 31
Latvia 9 6 1 6 6 1 29
Romania* 13 6 0 0 3 5 27
Luxembourg 7 4 0 5 7 3 26
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