In the 2007 survey most of the data were collected through a questionnaire which relied principally on the expert judgement of the correspondents who completed it. This proved problematic where judgements were required of, for example, whether smoke-free legislation was well enforced or not. In the current survey we have reduced the subjectivity in these judgements by using the results of the Eurobarometer surveys to evaluate the enforcement of the smoke-free legislation. The methodology and rationale of the scale has been changed in two occasions: in 2010 and 2019. The changes to the scale items and scoring were agreed in May 2010 by the following European tobacco control experts: Ann McNeill (UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, University of Nottingham, UK), Yves Martinet (Comité National contre le Tabagisme, France), Marc Willemsen (Stivoro, Netherlands), Cornel Radu (ENSP, Brussels), Florence Berteletti Kemp (Smoke-Free Partnership, Brussels), Luk Joossens (ECL, Brussels), and Martin Raw (UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, University of Nottingham, UK). In 2019, changes were agreed by: Luk Joossens (ECL, Brussels), Ariadna Feliu (Institut Català d’Oncologia, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat) and Esteve Fernández (Institut Català d’Oncologia, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat).<\/span><\/p><\/p>","hash":"51f43e07db83ab3c01b2299d3e7b2976","css":"","js":""}