Warning label policies, fieldwork periods, sample sizes and follow-up rates per country
| Introduction of warning label policy | Baseline survey | Follow-up survey | Months between pictorial warning labels were obliged for factory-made cigarettes and start of follow-up survey (N)* | Smokers at the baseline survey (N) | Continuing smokers participating in both surveys (N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | |||||
| Text warning labels implemented in September 2003, pictorial warning labels implemented between April 2010 and April 2012 | September 2008 –December 2008 (wave 2) | September 2012
–December 2012 (wave 3) | 17 | 1540 | 861 |
| UK | |||||
| Text warning labels implemented in February 2003, pictorial warning labels implemented between October 2008 and September 2010 | September 2007 –February 2008 (wave 6) | July 2010–December 2010 (wave 8) | 9 | 1643 | 751 |
| Germany | |||||
| Text warning labels implemented in October 2003 | July 2007 –November 2007 (wave 1) | September 2011
–October 2011 (wave 3) | – | 1515 | 496 |
| The Netherlands | |||||
| Text warning labels implemented in June 2002 | April 2008 (wave 1) | May 2011
–June 2011 (wave 5) | – | 1668 | 755 |
| Total | 6366 | 2863 | |||
*France and the UK both had a 2-year phase-in period of the pictorial warning labels in which factory-made cigarettes were obligated to carry pictorial warning labels after 1 year and roll-your-own tobacco after 2 years.