Table 2. Percentages of smokers who answered ‘yes’ to the question whether a certain policy would lead them to think about quitting (weighted data)^a.

	Price of cigarettes	Smoking restrictions in public places	Free or lower cost medication	Warning labels on cigarette packs
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
France
Wave 1 (n=1,735)	61.8	35.6	Not measured	33.9
Wave 2 (n=1,540)	62.8	30.2^*		30.8
Wave 3 (n=1,420)	76.1^**	23.6^**		36.1^*
Germany
Wave 1 (n=1,515)	72.3	39.4	21.8	27.9
Wave 2 (n=912)	70.9	30.3^**	16.1^**	28.4
Wave 3 (n=515)	64.6	25.6	16.7	24.5
The Netherlands
Wave 1 (n=1,668)	52.2	37.1	29.1	16.8
Wave 3 (n=1,393)	57.1^*	30.6^**	39.4^**	19.4
Wave 4 (n=1,632)	52.1^*	25.4^*	30.8^**	17.5
Wave 5 (n=1,603)	61.5^**	25.6	34.5	17.7
Wave 6 (n=1,499)	60.9	27.2	32.0	15.4
Wave 7 (n=1,420)	67.0^*	24.8	28.7	15.0
Ireland
Wave 1 (n=1,071)	76.5	60.4	41.5	47.5
Wave 2 (n=912)	73.3	56.7	41.2	46.1
Wave 3 (n=582)	73.3	48.2^*	51.6^**	42.1
Scotland
Wave 1 (n=507)	69.7	53.3	49.0	39.7
Wave 2 (n=461)	71.5	42.5^**	46.2	39.0
UK (Scotland excluded)
Wave 2 (n=1,737)	65.5	35.1	36.8	41.8
Wave 3 (n=1,653)	69.1	41.4^**	44.4^**	38.3
Wave 4 (n=1,562)	71.5	52.2^**	49.2^*	37.9
Wave 5 (n=1,522)	71.0	53.8	45.8	35.4
Wave 6 (n=1,672)	65.0^**	51.5	42.5	30.1^*
Wave 7 (n=1,333)	62.4	49.1	39.0	33.8
Wave 8 (n=861)	65.2	45.8	42.6	40.9^**

n increases when expected	2/4=50%	0/6=0%	0/2=0%	2/2=100%

n increases when not expected	2/14=14%	2/12=17%	4/14=29%	0/16=0%

p-values for Pearson Chi-Square tests of differences with the previous survey wave

shaded cells are cells in which increases are expected based on policy changes (as depicted in Figure 1)

p<0.01,

^**

p<0.001

Table 2. Percentages of smokers who answered ‘yes’ to the question whether a certain policy would lead them to think about quitting (weighted data)a.