Retailers views about TRL in Bangladesh, by role in the tobacco retail outlet (n=472), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018
| Characteristics | Total, N (%) | Role in the outlet, n (%) | P value | |
| Owner | Employee | |||
| Understanding the TRL concept† | ||||
| Yes | 442 (93.6) | 314 (94.3) | 128 (92.1) | 0.370 |
| No | 30 (6.4) | 19 (5.7) | 11 (7.9) | |
| Support TRL | ||||
| Yes | 372 (78.8) | 270 (81.1) | 102 (73.4) | 0.141 |
| No | 79 (16.7) | 51 (15.3) | 28 (20.1) | |
| Don’t know | 21 (4.4) | 12 (3.6) | 9 (6.5) | |
| Reasons behind support of TRL | ||||
| To obey the country’s law | 211 (44.7) | 157 (47.1) | 54 (38.8) | 0.119 |
| To get security of tobacco business | 127 (26.9) | 97 (29.1) | 30 (21.6) | 0.090 |
| It will be significant for public health | 88 (18.6) | 59 (17.7) | 29 (20.9) | 0.075 |
| It will increase tobacco business | 32 (6.8) | 23 (6.9) | 9 (6.5) | 0.175 |
| It will decrease the number of tobacco retailers | 26 (5.5) | 21 (6.3) | 5 (3.6) | 0.112 |
| It will reduce the density of tobacco retailers | 21 (4.4) | 17 (5.1) | 4 (2.9) | 0.120 |
| TRL will prevent tobacco sales to minors | ||||
| Yes | 298 (63.1) | 214 (64.3) | 84 (60.4) | 0.431 |
| No | 174 (36.9) | 119 (35.7) | 55 (39.6) | |
| Reaction to TRL if adopted | ||||
| Apply for TRL | 322 (68.2) | 236 (70.9) | 86 (61.9) | 0.078‡ |
| Will not apply for TRL and stop tobacco selling | 95 (20.1) | 66 (19.8) | 29 (20.9) | |
| Neither apply for TRL nor stop tobacco selling | 11 (2.3) | 7 (2.1) | 4 (2.9) | |
| Don't know | 44 (9.3) | 24 (7.2) | 20 (14.4) | |
| Proposed licensing fee in BDT (n=170)§ | ||||
| <500 | 73 (42.9) | 56 (43.4) | 17 (41.5) | 0.016* |
| 500–1000 | 67 (39.4) | 56 (43.4) | 11 (26.8) | |
| >1000 | 30 (17.7) | 17 (13.2) | 13 (31.7) | |
*P<0.05.
†As there is no regulation regarding tobacco retail licensing (TRL) in Bangladesh, in this study, participants were asked to consider a scenario where shops wanting to sell tobacco products must have a licence.
‡Based on Fisher's exact test.
§83 (±Tk1.5) equals US$1.
BDT, Bangladeshi taka; TRL, tobacco retail licensing.