Year of point-of-sale display ban implementation | Individual response rate (%) | Respondents (N) | Regular smoking prevalence* (weighted %) | Easy accessibility of tobacco† (weighted %) | |||||||||
2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | ||
Austria | 91 | –‡ | 90 | 2362 | –‡ | 3245 | 32.3 | –‡ | 20.4 | 63.1 | –‡ | 60.5 | |
Belgium (Flanders) | 95 | 95 | 94 | 1594 | 1465 | 1469 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 10.5 | 51.1 | 57.9 | 45.7 | |
Bulgaria | 86 | 82 | 84 | 1812 | 1633 | 2230 | 36.1 | 34.3 | 30.1 | 75.7 | 67.2 | 64.0 | |
Croatia | 2013 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 2623 | 2505 | 2087 | 28.7 | 32.0 | 27.2 | 65.1 | 59.6 | 53.4 |
Cyprus | –‡ | 82 | 85 | 4225 | 3011 | 1466 | 22.7 | 19.9 | 15.3 | 58.7 | 54.1 | 51.8 | |
Czech Republic | 89 | 89 | –‡ | 3654 | 3534 | 2423 | 26.3 | 27.3 | 18.1 | 62.4 | 64.1 | 54.0 | |
Denmark | 87 | 89 | –‡ | 832 | 1992 | 1481 | 22.7 | 16.0 | 10.1 | 78.4 | 57.0 | 51.7 | |
Estonia | 79 | 82 | 90 | 2038 | 2033 | 1958 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 14.2 | 40.9 | 39.2 | 32.9 | |
Finland | 2012 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 4266 | 3190 | 3338 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 13.2 | 41.7 | 43.7 | 37.8 |
Greece | 91 | 90 | 92 | 2361 | 4162 | 2422 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 13.7 | 65.1 | 56.2 | 51.7 | |
Iceland | 2001 | 81 | 81 | 86 | 2869 | 2464 | 2129 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 44.5 | 35.2 | 24.8 |
Ireland | 2009 | 94 | 86 | 94 | 1989 | 1964 | 1237 | 14.8 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 46.3 | 41.9 | 29.5 |
Latvia | 83 | 85 | 85 | 2017 | 2242 | 907 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 17.3 | 48.6 | 47.5 | 38.2 | |
Lithuania | 86 | 89 | 88 | 2009 | 2024 | 1983 | 23.2 | 25.8 | 17.4 | 49.9 | 47.3 | 38.6 | |
Malta | 84 | 78 | 83 | 3171 | 2802 | 2660 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 7.6 | 46.2 | 40.0 | 34.6 | |
Netherlands | 93 | –‡ | –‡ | 1736 | 1624 | 1300 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 14.8 | 65.5 | 67.3 | 50.3 | |
Norway | 2010 | 89 | 93 | 89 | 3075 | 2479 | 2139 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 49.7 | 42.4 | 6.1 |
Poland | 84 | 82 | 83 | 1839 | 5210 | 10 424 | 13.1 | 17.7 | 14.0 | 54.9 | 54.1 | 47.3 | |
Portugal | 96 | 91 | 93 | 2571 | 1572 | 2586 | 10.8 | 17.8 | 12.2 | 48.5 | 49.9 | 39.9 | |
Romania | 84 | 89 | 84 | 1557 | 1777 | 2078 | 20.2 | 22.6 | 24.2 | 43.5 | 33.2 | 41.7 | |
Slovakia | 89 | 82 | 89 | 2155 | 1568 | 1794 | 25.9 | 26.5 | 20.1 | 62.9 | 62.1 | 55.6 | |
Slovenia | 86 | 89 | 88 | 2616 | 2578 | 2706 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 13.3 | 66.2 | 55.9 | 40.0 | |
Sweden | 84 | 85 | 86 | 2917 | 2280 | 2216 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 49.9 | 49.3 | 38.9 | |
Ukraine | 82 | 83 | 80 | 1721 | 1452 | 1543 | 25.8 | 20.4 | 13.9 | 45.6 | 31.9 | 30.1 | |
UK | 2012/2013 | 84 | 81 | –‡ | 2000 | 1487 | –‡ | 13.9 | 14.6 | –‡ | 52.1 | 39.6 | –‡ |
Total§ | 87 | 86 | 87 | 60 009 | 57 048 | 57 821 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 55.1 | 49.9 | 42.5 |
*Weighted % of respondents who reported smoking at least one cigarette per day in the last 30 days.
†Weighted % of respondents perceiving very easy access to tobacco, smokers and non-smokers combined.
‡Not available.
§ Totals for smoking and accessibility represent the average weighted prevalence across countries, to which all countries contribute equally independent of population size.