Table 1 Definition of five core causal factors^a

Institutions

The authority, rules, organisational values and the way the organisation act and decide tobacco control policy

Agendas

Framing of the problem and importance of tobacco as policy issue.

Networks

Pressure participants and shift of power among them.

Socioeconomic factors

The role of socioeconomic factors and its contribution to the power shift and agenda changes

Ideas

The role of scientific knowledge and the influence of transfer of idea to policy