Summary statistics by country initial conditions
| Year | Initial high MPOWER – high prevalence (HM-HP) | Initial high MPOWER – low prevalence (HM-LP) | Initial low MPOWER – low prevalence (LM-LP) | Initial low MPOWER – high prevalence (LM-HP) | All | |
| MPOWER Score (SE) | 2008 | 23.70 (2.21) | 25.53 (3.58) | 17.49 (1.54) | 19.11 (1.49) | 21.32 (3.91) |
| 2016 | 27.07 (2.90) | 27.68 (3.77) | 22.00 (3.79) | 25.78 (2.82) | 25.37 (4.06) | |
| MPOWE Score (SE) | 2008 | 19.53 (2.03) | 21.63 (3.48) | 14.49 (1.48) | 16.06 (1.47) | 17.74 (3.44) |
| 2016 | 22.58 (2.91) | 23.84 (3.69) | 19.11 (3.70) | 22.11 (2.65) | 21.62 (3.69) | |
| Tax rate (%) (SE) | 2008 | 66.37 (17.05) | 59.27 (18.02) | 36.12 (15.53) | 41.53 (17.96) | 51.83 (21.46) |
| 2016 | 72.07 (10.51) | 60.47 (14.65) | 35.21 (16.09) | 53.07 (19.01) | 55.61 (21.09) | |
| Adult daily smoking prevalence (%) (SE) | 2009 | 26.79 (6.77) | 15.89 (6.48) | 9.76 (4.34) | 23.72 (7.10) | 19.16 (9.55) |
| 2017 | 22.65 (5.19) | 13.00 (4.43) | 9.41 (4.09) | 21.00 (6.12) | 16.64 (7.66) | |
| No. of countries | 43 | 19 | 37 | 18 | 117 |
Note: Averages are arithmetic means. SEs are in parenthesis. MPOWER Score ranges from 7 to 34 and MPOWE Score ranges from 6 to 29. Tax rate and smoking prevalence (adult age-standardised) are in per cent.