Table 1.
Summary of the information extracted (variables and categories) from each publication
| Variables | Categories | |
|---|---|---|
| General | Author surname and initials, institutional affiliation, and country of affiliation of the first author | |
| Funding | Yes, no, or not declared; and if yes, private, public, or both | |
| Conflicts of interest | Yes, no, or not declared | |
| Publication | Type of publication | Research paper, brief paper, review, letter to the editor, editorial, comment, or other |
| Publication year | ||
| Journal | ||
| Open Access | Yes or no | |
| Research | Objective of the study | |
| Type of design | Observational or experimental; cross-sectional or longitudinal | |
| Type of study data | Individual, ecological, or multilevel, with individual data from surveys as first level unit with TCS score by country as second level of aggregated data | |
| Main results | ( literals ) | |
| Limitations (specifically, those related to the use of the TCS as a tool to monitor tobacco control policy implementation) | ( literals ) | |
| Main conclusions and their purpose | For advocacy (when directly addressed to stakeholders and policymakers), to undertake further research on the topic, or both | |
| Use of the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) | Type of variable | Dependent, independent, or both |
| Year of the TCS report | ||
| Source of the TCS score(s) | Primary source, when publications included the TCS score(s) from the original reports; or secondary source, when publications included TCS data from other publications in which case the alternative data source was recorded | |
| Total score | Yes or no | |
| Individual components score(s) | Yes or no; and if yes, which components were included | |
| Countries from the original TCS report(s) | Yes or no; and if not, we recorded the number of countries included |