A cross-sectional survey of experts’ opinions about the relative effectiveness of tobacco control strategies for the general population versus disadvantaged groups: what do we choose in the absence of evidence?

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents

	N*	% of respondents
*Gender*
Female	110	61
*Residence*
NSW	46	25
Vic	38	21
New Zealand	36	20
Other Australian states	61	34
*Work role*
Researcher	56	31
Advocacy/Policy Work	47	26
Service or program management	34	19
Service or program delivery	26	14
Other	18	10
*Proportion of work role focused on disadvantaged groups*
Half or less	94	52
More than half	44	24
All	21	12
Other	22	12
*Experience in tobacco control*
1-5 years	56	31
5-10 years	58	32
11-20 years	40	22
Other	27	15

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