1. Characteristics of hospital bans.

Study ID	Country	Setting	National Ban and Settings ban
Alonso‐Colmenero 2010	Spain	Hospital	National ban: 28/2005. National indoor smoking ban enacted 1st January 2006 banned direct and indirect tobacco publicity and sponsorship; it reduced points of sale, and it banned smoking in enclosed workplaces and public spaces, with exemptions in the restaurant and hospitality sector (Partial ban at time of study). Settings: Hospital policy not described.
Etter 2008	Switzerland, Geneva	Hospital	No national ban. Settings: Smoking prohibited in February 2004 everywhere except smoking rooms. January 2006 smoking rooms removed and smoking totally prohibited inside hospital.
Filia 2015	Australia, Melbourne	Hospital	State ban Victoria: 1st July 2007. All restaurants, cafes, dining areas and shopping centres, enclosed workplaces, covered railway platforms, bus and tram stops and underage music and dance events are smoke‐free. Enclosed licensed premises and outdoor eating and drinking areas (where there is a roof and the wall surface area is more than 75%) must also be smoke‐free as of July 1, 2007. The gambling floors of casinos exempt. Settings: Total smoking ban implemented in the inpatient psychiatric unit in June 2008, including outdoor areas.
Fitzpatrick 2012	Ireland, Dublin	Hospital	National ban: March 2004. Smoking banned in general workplace, enclosed public places, restaurants, bars, education facilities, healthcare facilities and public transport. However, it is permitted in designated hotel rooms and there is no ban in residential care, prisons and in outdoor areas. Settings: Hospital ban in 2004 following national smoke‐free ban. Total smoke‐free hospital campus policy in 2009. No smoking permitted indoors or outdoors.
Gadomski 2010	USA, New York	Hospital	National ban: New York State Smoke‐free air act 2002, enacted 2003. Banned smoking in virtually all workplaces and indoor recreational venues. Amendment to the City’s 1995 Smoke‐Free Air Act, the new law banned smoking in all restaurants and most bars regardless of seating and size. The law restricted smoking in some outdoor restaurant and bar seating areas. Settings: Smoke‐free medical campus implemented on July 1, 2006, which included an NRT programme and additional signage.
Gazdek 2013	Croatia, Kopriivnica‐ Krizevci county	Hospital	National ban: November 2008. Smoking officially banned in government buildings, private worksites, educational and healthcare facilities, taxis, and domestic or international air flights after 1999 legislation enacted. Smoking restricted (not banned) on trains, ferries,restaurants, nightclubs and bars, and other public places. 22nd November 2008 law extended to bars, restaurants and cafes. This is not reported in paper. Settings: Smoking bans in healthcare facilities.
Harris 2007	Canada, Ontario	Hospital	National: Not indoor smoke‐free legislation. Ontario's Tobacco Control Act in 1994 banned smoking in all government buildings. Large psychiatric facilities, including MHCP, sought and received special dispensation to allow patients and some staff to smoke in specially ventilated rooms. "Smoking rooms" were already in existence on most wards and some common patient areas at MHCP. The hospital constructed smoking gazebos outside various buildings for patients and staff to use. Ontario smoke‐free indoor legislation implemented in 2006. Settings: Comprehensive tobacco ban. Tobacco products no longer allowed anywhere on 225‐acre grounds after May 6, 2003.
Keizer 2009	Switzerland, Geneva	Hospital	No national ban. Settings: A partial smoking ban established in a psychiatric university hospital, where only 1 ventilated room was made available for smoking for inpatients. Indoor smoking was comprehensively banned for staff January 2002.
Martínez 2014	Spain	Hospital	National ban: 2006 to 2010. Spain had a partial ban on smoking in public places. Offices, schools, hospitals and public transportation were smoke‐free, but restaurants and bars could create a "smokers' section" or allow smoking if they were small (under 100 m²). Extension of ban January 2011 restricted smoking in every indoor public place, including restaurants, bars and cafes. Hotels may designate up to 30% of rooms for smoking; mental hospitals, jails and old people's residences may have public rooms where workers cannot enter. Outdoor smoking is also prohibited at childcare facilities, in children's parks and around schools and hospital grounds. Settings: Smoke‐free centre policy was progressively introduced. Tobacco control programme (2000 ‐ 2012)
Morito 2015	Japan,Fukuoka	Hospital	No national ban. Settings: 2002 to 2006. Introduced smoke‐free zones in hospital. Smoking areas and smoking tables subsequently removed. Hospital became smoke‐free (indoors) in 2007.
Ripley‐Moffitt 2010	USA, North Carolina	Hospital	No national ban. Settings: Tobacco‐free hospital policy introduced 4 July 2007. Employees offered free NRT, signage posted up and no smoking advertising 1 yr. lead in to policy. 100% tobacco‐free campus.
Santina 2011	Spain, Barcelona	Hospital	National ban: National smoking law introduced on January 1st 2006, and indoor smoking banned. Settings ban: not included. Evaluated national ban.