Table 1.

Types of stakeholders

Stakeholder category	Role	Position (examples)
Decision maker	Decision maker at the level of the national health policy	Member of the health committee of theParliament or high level decision maker, officer in the Ministry of Health
	Decision maker in the central level of public health services	Chief medical officer or other high level decision maker in the public health service
	Decision maker at the regional level in the area of health	Member of the health committee of the regional self-government or health officer at the regional health authority
	Local decision maker in a larger city in the area of health	Head or member of the health committee of the local authority
	Local decision maker in a small community (village) in the area of health	Member of the self-government or officer in the municipality office responsible for health issues
	Local decision maker in the public health service	Director of the local office of the public health service
Purchasers of services/pharma products	Decision maker involved in coverage decision of health services	High level decision maker at the National Health Insurance Fund, health insurance company depending on the health service of the country
	Decision maker involved in coverage decision of pharmaceuticals	High level decision maker at the National Health Insurance Fund, health insurance company depending on the health service of the country
Professionals/service providers	Coordinator of the local health program	Officer in the local health office of the government or the municipality
	Key opinion leader physician on smoking cessation	Director of a professional organisation of pulmonology or other relevant discipline or a large smoking cessation service
	Physician/psychologist with an overview on smoking cessation	Person working for smoking cessation hot line
Evidence generators (e.g. researchers) whose work informs policy/procurement/delivery of services	Health technology assessment (HTA) professional involved in the reimbursement procedure	Officer in the local HTA office
	Head of the local focal point of tobacco control
	Public health expert	Director of a public health professional association or body, or relevant academic department
	Researcher in the field of the economy of smoking	Researcher with documented publication in the area of the economy of smoking (burden of disease, budget impact or cost-effectiveness of interventions, etc.)
	Expert in the area of healthcare costing	Researcher with documented publication in the area of healthcare costing or an expert working at the National Health Insurance Fund, health insurance company depending on the health service of the country, who is involved in professional work related to financing health services/pharma products
Advocates of health promotion	Leader of an NGO	Director or other leader of an NGO focusing on tobacco control
	Leader of a patient organisation	Leader of a patient organisation of cancer/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients