Description of data sources
| Survey/source name | Purpose for citing the data | Year(s) used | How data were collected | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *http://www.nhri.org.tw/nhri_org/bs/biostat/e_proj5.htm | ||||
| †http://wwweng.dgoc.gov.tw/statisticsframe.htm | ||||
| ‡http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/ | ||||
| PPS, probability proportional to size. | ||||
| National Health Interview Survey of Taiwan* | Smoking prevalence, number of young smokers, sources of cigarettes, and age of smoking initiation | 2001 | Face-to-face interview selected by multi-stage stratified PPS sampling. For 12–17 year olds, an additional written questionnaire collected | 6592 households, 26685 individuals |
| Biennial Survey Report and Yearbook of the Monopoly Bureau | Smoking consumption rates, tobacco sales, brand preference, and per capita cigarette consumption | 1963–1996 (biennial) | Self administered questionnaires for subjects aged 16 or 18 years or older in the households selected by the PPS sampling method | 3970–6000 households, 13800–14500 individuals |
| Annual Statistics of the Directorate General of Customs Office Taiwan† | Cigarette import data by country | 1986–2000 | Records on cigarette imports by country, divided by sales, volume, and year | All legally imported cigarettes |
| Rainmaker Advertisement Spending Report | Tobacco brand advertisement expenditures | 1995–2000 | Real time recording of all advertisements from 69 television channels (4 wireless, 65 cable) 67 newspapers, 91 magazines, and 8 radio channels all year round | 100% of advertisements were collected |
| Eastern Integrated Consumer Profile made by “Eastern Online iSURVEY” | Cigarette advertisement readership | 1988–2001 | Face-to-face interview for consumption behaviour on consumer products for subjects aged 13–64 selected by two stage random PPS sampling | 1200–1344 individuals |
| Legacy Tobacco Documents Library at the University of California, San Francisco‡ | Assess whether tobacco companies targeted youth in Taiwan | 1970–2000 | With the use of the key word “Taiwan”, the website produced internal documents from companies, mainly Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds. | 2858 documents |