Short-term impact of MPOWER tobacco control interventions
| Description of intervention | Effect sizes from the literature (%) | Implementation status – China* | Applied effect sizes for China† (%) |
| Non-price | |||
| Smoke-free air laws | 10.0‡ | 1 | 10.0±25 |
| Cessation support | 8.0‡ | 3 | 4.0±25 |
| Health warnings | 5.0‡ | 2 | 2.5±25 |
| Mass media campaigns | 8.0‡ | 4 | Not applicable |
| Bans on advertising | 4.0‡ | 3 | 2.0±25 |
| Price | |||
| Taxation | −0.5§ | 3 | −0.50±25¶ |
*WHO (2018).
†Authors estimate based on WHO scores for implementation of MPOWER in China for 2017 (where score 1=100% of the effect size; score 2 or 3=50% of effect size; 4=not applicable).
‡Levy et al (2018).8 9
§NCI (2016).
¶Authors estimate based on findings in NCI (2016), Liu (2015)20 and Bishop (2015).