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Table 1 Perceptions on availability of selected interventions across countries

From: Understanding perceived availability and importance of tobacco control interventions to inform European adoption of a UK economic model: a cross-sectional study

Intervention

Germany (N = 17)

 

Hungary (N = 16)

The Netherlands (N = 28)

Spain (N = 18)

UK (N = 14)

Total (N = 93)

Group counselling by specially trained professionals

% Aa

100

% A

87.5

% A

100

% A

72.2

% A

100

% A

92.5

% DKb

12.5

% DK

0

% DK

2.2

Restrictions on smoking in workplaces and public places

% A

100

% A

100

% A

100

% A

94.4

% A

92.9

% A

97.9

% DK

0

% DK

7.1

% DK

1.1

Tax increase

% A

100

% A

93.8

% A

89.3

% A

72.2

% A

92.9

% A

89.3

% DK

6.3

% DK

7.1

% DK

0

% DK

7.1

% DK

4.3

Nicotine replacement therapy

% A

100

% A

100

% A

96.4

% A

88.9

% A

100

% A

96.8

% DK

3.6

% DK

0

% DK

1.1

Individual counselling by specially trained professionals

% A

100

% A

87.5

% A

92.9

% A

72.2

% A

100

% A

90.3

% DK

12.5

% DK

7.1

% DK

0

% DK

4.3

Brief advice on smoking cessation given during one GP consultation

% A

100

% A

93.8

% A

100

% A

100

% A

85.7

% A

96.8

% DK

0

% DK

14.3

% DK

2.2

Telephone counselling

% A

100

% A

68.8

% A

92.9

% A

55.6

% A

85.7

% A

81.7

% DK

31.3

% DK

7.1

% DK

5.6

% DK

14.3

% DK

10.8

Self-help manuals

% A

100

% A

93.8

% A

92.9

% A

88.9

% A

71.4

%A

90.3

% DK

6.3

% DK

3.6

% DK

0

% DK

21.4

% DK

5.4

Mobile phone-based interventions

% A

100

% A

43.8

% A

78.6

% A

22.2

% A

64.3

% A

63.4

% DK

43.8

% DK

17.9

% DK

11.1

% DK

21.4

% DK

18.3

Bupropion

% A

58.8

% A

31.3

% A

64.3

% A

83.3

% A

92.9

% A

65.6

%DK

41.2

% DK

50.0

% DK

35.7

% DK

5.6

% DK

7.1

% DK

29.0

Varenicline

% A

58.8

% A

43.8

% A

57.1

% A

83.3

% A

92.9

% A

65.6

% DK

41.2

% DK

56.3

% DK

42.9

% DK

11.1

% DK

7.1

% DK

33.3

  1. aA = % of ‘available’
  2. bDK = % of ‘don’t know’ and the remaining is % of ‘not available’