Tobacco control-related human and financial resources allocation in three provinces of China，2019

ObjectiveTo estimate human and financial resources allocation for tobacco control in three provinces, China in 2019 for providing evidence to relevant policy-making. MethodsWith stratified sampling, a survey was conducted among 30 administrative agencies, 25 professional institutions and 137 staff in those organizations in 18 districts/counties of three provinces in eastern, central and western China during July – December 2020. The information for the year of 2019 on tobacco control-related financial investment of the organizations and working hours of the staff were collected by investigators. Population weighting was used in data analysis. ResultsIn 2019 for the eastern, central and western province, the working hours-converted number of tobacco control staff were 114.1, 139.4 and 154.2 and the total tobacco control-related investment were 45 089, 27 308 and 36 176 million Chinese yuan, respectively. Higher proportion (more than 80%) of office expenses against overall financial investment for tobacco contr