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A questionnaire was used to collect information about countries\u2019 tobacco control budgets and tobacco dependence treatment provision. The following other data sources were used:<\/p>\n
Price<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \t- The price of a pack of 20 cigarettes in the most popular price category on 1 July 2010 was based on the July 2010 European Commission report \u201cExcise duty tables\u201d (5)<\/li>\n \t
- The price of a pack of 20 Marlboro cigarettes on 1 July 2010 was collected in July and August 2010 from correspondents in each country<\/li>\n \t
- GDP expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) per capita and GDP in 2009, and country 2009 population data were collected from the statistical office of the European Union (6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Advertising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \t- Commission of the European Communities. Report on the implementation of the Tobacco Advertising Directive, Brussels, 25 May 2008. (TV, Radio, print media, international sponsorship and cross border internet are banned as result of the Directive in all EU countries) (7)<\/li>\n \t
- The WHO report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, Geneva, 2009 (8)<\/li>\n \t
- The ENSP report on tobacco advertising legislation in Europe, Brussels, 2009 (9).<\/li>\n \t
- An update of the legislation on advertising through ENSP correspondents or health officials (see Table 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","hash":"22b12c6e0eebfe7ea832c791a68d8c43","css":"","js":""}