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. 2008 Aug;98(8):1443–1450. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.128991

TABLE 1—

Tobacco Control Policies and Mass Media Campaign Exposure Each Month: Australia, June 1995 to December 2006

Mean (SD) Minimum (Month and Year) Maximum (Month and Year)
Tobacco control GRPs per month 288.51 (267.18) 0 (April 1996) 1502.91 (January 2002)
NRT GRPs per month 331.85 (286.98) 0 (before September 1997) 1181.59 (January 2006)
Cigarette costlinessa 1.31 (0.10) 1.17 (June–July 1996) 1.42 (February 2002)
Population with smoke-free restaurant laws, % 49.8 (44.99) 0 (before January 1999) 100 (since June 2002)
Number of NRT units sold per month 203 420 (72 310) 75 600 (December 1995) 353 700 (July 2006)
NRT sales per monthb 5 429 920 (1 930 380) 2 157 570 (December 1995) 9 530 000 (September 1999)
Number of bupropion units sold per month 6770 (20 240) 0 (before November 2000) 181 800 (April 2001)
Bupropion sales per monthb 1 264 770 (4097.17) 0 (before November 2000) 38 247 520 (April 2001)

Note. GRPs = gross television audience rating points for the population aged 18 years and older representing average potential exposure to ads; NRT = nicotine replacement therapy.

aCost of 1 cigarette pack, expressed as a percentage of average weekly earnings.

bIn 2007 Australian dollars.