Background Since Iceland became the first country to impose a ban on point-of-sale (POS)
tobacco product displays in 2001, 20 countries have implemented POS display bans as of
2016. This study examined the effect that POS display bans have on smoking prevalence.
Methods Data were sourced from Euromonitor International and the WHO MPOWER
package for 2007–2014 from 77 countries worldwide. generalised linear models with
country and year fixed effects were estimated to analyse the effect of POS display bans on …

Abstract Background: Since Iceland became the first country to impose a ban on point-of-
sale (POS) tobacco product displays in 2001, 20 countries have implemented POS display
bans as of 2016. This study examined the effect that POS display bans have on smoking
prevalence. Methods: Data were sourced from Euromonitor International and the WHO
MPOWER package for 2007-2014 from 77 countries worldwide. generalised linear models
with country and year fixed effects were estimated to analyse the effect of POS display bans …