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Table 1 Counterstrategies of advocates

From: Advocacy counterstrategies to tobacco industry interference in policymaking: a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature

Countering strategy

No of papersa

Papers mentioning example(s) of countering strategy

Exposing industry conduct and false claims

22

[26, 28, 32, 61,62,63, 65, 67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81]

Accessing decision-makers

10

[26, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68,69,70, 79, 80]

Generating and using evidence

10

[28, 32, 65, 66, 68, 74, 79, 81,82,83]

Filing a complaint and taking legal action

8

[27, 63, 64, 66, 76, 81, 84, 85]

Mobilising coalition and potential supporters

8

[61,62,63, 65, 68, 70, 74, 78]

Additional: Venue-shifting

1

[61,62,63, 65, 68, 70, 74, 78, 86]

  1. aThe total number is higher than the number of included papers because several papers mention more than one counterstrategy