Mean changes in cumulative percentage of population covered by TRL and SHS policies from 2001 to 2007
| Policy | ‘Strong counties’* | ‘Remaining counties’* | ||||
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
| TRL—strong policies | ||||||
| 2001–2004 | 7 | 19.5 | (13.2, 25.8) | 51 | 2.1 | (1.1, 3.0) |
| 2004–2007 | 14 | 33.2 | (30.6, 35.8) | 44 | 6.3 | (4.6, 8.1) |
| SHS—outdoor public places policies | ||||||
| 2001–2004 | 6 | 14.3 | (11.7, 16.9) | 52 | 4.8 | (3.6, 6.0) |
| 2004–2007 | 11 | 25.5 | (23.1, 27.9) | 47 | 6.8 | (5.0, 8.5) |
↵* Defined by strength of tobacco control measure which is a combination of quality of work plan implementation and the per cent budgeted deliverable effort to each objective. SHS, secondhand smoke; TRL, tobacco retail licensing.