Summary of the expected overall impact of nine different licensing-law strategies on tobacco retailers in Ohio (prepolicy number of retailers=11 389)
| Strategy | Number of retailers removed | Number of retailers remaining | % of retailers removed |
| Capping-based, 1 per thousand* | 739 | 10 650 | 6.5 |
| Capping-based, 0.7 per thousand* | 3365 | 8024 | 29.6 |
| Declustering-based, 200 ft* | [698, 709] | [10 680, 10 691] | [6.1, 6.2] |
| Declustering-based, 500 ft* | [2792, 2844] | [8545, 8597] | [24.5, 24.9] |
| School-based, 500 ft of a school | 327 | 11 062 | 2.9 |
| School-based, 1000 ft of a school | 1470 | 9919 | 12.9 |
| Pharmacy-based | 1139 | 10 250 | 10.0 |
| Capping-based and school-based* | [3464, 4458] | [6931, 7025] | [38.3, 39.1] |
| Pharmacy-based and school-based | 2491 | 8898 | 21.9 |
[ ]Numbers in square brackets indicate, when needed, the range of potential values. While the capping-based policies are implemented at random, the final number of retailers removed does not vary over the randomizations.
*A policy that was implemented at random (250 times) to explore the potential variation (statistical uncertainty) of carrying out this policy.