Table 1.

Mean changes in cumulative percentage of population covered by TRL and SHS policies from 2001 to 2007

Policy	‘Strong counties’*			‘Remaining counties’*
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI
TRL—strong policies
2001–2004	7	19.5	(13.2, 25.8)	51	2.1	(1.1, 3.0)
2004–2007	14	33.2	(30.6, 35.8)	44	6.3	(4.6, 8.1)
SHS—outdoor public places policies
2001–2004	6	14.3	(11.7, 16.9)	52	4.8	(3.6, 6.0)
2004–2007	11	25.5	(23.1, 27.9)	47	6.8	(5.0, 8.5)

^*Defined by strength of tobacco control measure which is a combination of quality of work plan implementation and the per cent budgeted deliverable effort to each objective. SHS, secondhand smoke; TRL, tobacco retail licensing.