ArticleJournal of smoking cessation2021
Effects of Graphic Health Warning on Tobacco Packs: A Cross-Sectional Study among Low Socioeconomic Group in Bangladesh.
Article in Journal of smoking cessation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Tobacco control without cessation? Policy gaps in cessation services in Bangladesh.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Decision-making processes, gendered dimensions and the culture of hope among lung cancer patients in Sylhet, Bangladesh.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Corrigendum to "Effects of Graphic Health Warning on Tobacco Packs: A Cross-Sectional Study among Low Socioeconomic Group in Bangladesh".Journal of smoking cessation · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTobacco use is a significant health concern in Southeast Asia, particularly in Bangladesh, where the greatest incidence of tobacco consumption occurs in a number of forms smoking, smokeless, and indigenous. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires tobacco product packaging to include adequate health warnings (text and visual). The study's objective is to investigate the effects of graphic health warnings on tobacco packs among Bangladeshi low socioeconomic groups.
methodsThe study was conducted with 400 participants (low socioeconomic people) by using the systematic sampling technique through a semistructured questionnaire in Demra and Tongi industrial areas of Dhaka city in Bangladesh during September 2019-November 2020. Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations) and inferential analysis (i.e., chi-square tests) were performed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 25.0) to explore the relationship between the graphic warning and the use of tobacco.
resultsThis study illustrates that 89% of respondents smoke only cigarette or
conclusionsGHWs are more understandable on tobacco packets, and it has significant impacts on being aware of health consequences from tobacco consumption.
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