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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Mar 30;72(10):1643–1651. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.018

Table 2.

Fieldwork periods and sample sizes for each country, International Tobacco Control (ITC) Europe Surveys.

Pre-ban survey wave Post-ban survey wave
Fieldwork period No. of smokers Fieldwork period No. of smokers
Ireland December 2003 – January 2004 1,071 December 2004 – January 2005 769
France December 2006 – February 2007 1,735 September 2008 – December 2008 1,231
The Netherlands March 2008 – April 2008 2,072* March 2009 – May 2009 1,632
Germany July 2007 – November 2007 1,515 July 2009 – October 2009 1,002
Total 6,393 4,634
*

The ITC Netherlands Survey consisted of 2,224 smokers aged 15 years and older of whom 1,743 were followed up. Smokers aged 15 to 17 years were excluded from this study as the other countries only surveyed smokers aged 18 years and older.