Survey respondents' evaluation of the extent of policy adoption in each of 11 policy areas in developed countries (DCs) and low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the years 1992 and 2011*
| Category | 1992 | 2011 | ||
| Type of country | DC (95% CI) | LMIC (95% CI) | DC (95% CI) | LMIC (95% CI) |
| Advertising/promotion bans | 0.63 (0.52 to 0.75) | 0.08 (0.03 to 0.13) | 1.65 (1.55 to 1.74) | 0.98 (0.87 to 1.08) |
| Clean indoor air laws/policies | 0.63 (0.50 to 0.75) | 0.03 (0.00 to 0.07) | 1.85 (1.77 to 1.93) | 0.94 (0.83 to 1.06) |
| Illicit trade | 0.16 (0.08 to 0.25) | 0.04 (0.00 to 0.07) | 0.91 (0.79 to 1.03) | 0.33 (0.23 to 0.42) |
| Media counteradvertising | 0.57 (0.46 to 0.69) | 0.04 (0.01 to 0.08) | 1.17 (1.05 to 1.29) | 0.44 (0.33 to 0.55) |
| Public education/information | 1.04 (0.94 to 1.14) | 0.34 (0.25 to 0.44) | 1.48 (1.37 to 1.59) | 0.94 (0.84 to 1.04) |
| School health education | 1.09 (0.98 to 1.20) | 0.33 (0.24 to 0.42) | 1.29 (1.16 to 1.41) | 0.75 (0.62 to 0.88) |
| Taxation/price | 0.86 (0.75 to 0.97) | 0.27 (0.18 to 0.36) | 1.65 (1.55 to 1.74) | 0.77 (0.65 to 0.89) |
| Tobacco product regulation | 0.29 (0.20 to 0.39) | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.05) | 0.92 (0.78 to 1.05) | 0.30 (0.21 to 0.39) |
| Cessation treatment policy | 0.48 (0.36 to 0.60) | 0.07 (0.02 to 0.12) | 1.31 (1.19 to 1.43) | 0.35 (0.25 to 0.44) |
| Warning labels | 0.75 (0.63 to 0.87) | 0.17 (0.10 to 0.24) | 1.69 (1.59 to 1.78) | 1.03 (0.92 to 1.15) |
| Youth access laws | 0.96 (0.84 to 1.08) | 0.14 (0.07 to 0.20) | 1.52 (1.40 to 1.63) | 0.73 (0.60 to 0.85) |
↵* Numbers shown are mean scores where a response of ‘non-existent or limited’ is scored 0, ‘moderate’ is scored 1, and ‘substantial’ is scored 2. (For a breakdown of the rankings, as presented in table 2, go to https://sites.google.com/site/tcpolicyresearch/.)