Cover Image

Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?

Worldwide, around 8 million people die yearly due to tobacco usage. Cigarette smoking is the most popular form of tobacco usage. Smoking has linked to many detrimental health effects among adults and adolescents. Recognising the burden of smoking, World Health Organization have implemented various t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kavita-Jetly,, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi,, Qistina Mohd Ghazali,, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18417/1/374-Article%20Text-2138-1-10-20220228.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18417/
https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/30
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-ukm.journal.18417
record_format eprints
spelling my-ukm.journal.184172022-04-16T06:50:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18417/ Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we? Kavita-Jetly, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, Qistina Mohd Ghazali, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, Worldwide, around 8 million people die yearly due to tobacco usage. Cigarette smoking is the most popular form of tobacco usage. Smoking has linked to many detrimental health effects among adults and adolescents. Recognising the burden of smoking, World Health Organization have implemented various tobacco control strategies under the Framework Convention of Tobacco Control and mPOWER. This includes implementation of plain packaging and pictorial warning. In Asia, only Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel have implemented plain cigarette pack. However, some countries have made progress to implement plain cigarette pack. Although some countries have not implemented plain pack, implementation of larger pictorial warning serve as a pathway for implementation of plain packaging. Countries with pictorial warning on cigarette pack should ensure it covers at least 50% of pack. Timor Leste has the largest pictorial warning on cigarette pack in the world. In conclusion, only 5 countries in Asia have implemented plain pack and some countries in this region are yet to implement size of pictorial warning according to requirement of World Health Organization. All countries should target to implement standardized pack to denormalise tobacco usage. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18417/1/374-Article%20Text-2138-1-10-20220228.pdf Kavita-Jetly, and Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, and Qistina Mohd Ghazali, and Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, (2022) Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we? International Journal of Public Health Research, 12 (1). pp. 1545-1555. ISSN 2232-0245 https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/30
institution Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
building Tun Sri Lanang Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
content_source UKM Journal Article Repository
url_provider http://journalarticle.ukm.my/
language English
description Worldwide, around 8 million people die yearly due to tobacco usage. Cigarette smoking is the most popular form of tobacco usage. Smoking has linked to many detrimental health effects among adults and adolescents. Recognising the burden of smoking, World Health Organization have implemented various tobacco control strategies under the Framework Convention of Tobacco Control and mPOWER. This includes implementation of plain packaging and pictorial warning. In Asia, only Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel have implemented plain cigarette pack. However, some countries have made progress to implement plain cigarette pack. Although some countries have not implemented plain pack, implementation of larger pictorial warning serve as a pathway for implementation of plain packaging. Countries with pictorial warning on cigarette pack should ensure it covers at least 50% of pack. Timor Leste has the largest pictorial warning on cigarette pack in the world. In conclusion, only 5 countries in Asia have implemented plain pack and some countries in this region are yet to implement size of pictorial warning according to requirement of World Health Organization. All countries should target to implement standardized pack to denormalise tobacco usage.
format Article
author Kavita-Jetly,
Azmawati Mohammed Nawi,
Qistina Mohd Ghazali,
Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
spellingShingle Kavita-Jetly,
Azmawati Mohammed Nawi,
Qistina Mohd Ghazali,
Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?
author_facet Kavita-Jetly,
Azmawati Mohammed Nawi,
Qistina Mohd Ghazali,
Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
author_sort Kavita-Jetly,
title Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?
title_short Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?
title_full Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?
title_fullStr Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?
title_full_unstemmed Plain packaging and pictorial warning in Asia countries : where are we?
title_sort plain packaging and pictorial warning in asia countries : where are we?
publisher Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2022
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18417/1/374-Article%20Text-2138-1-10-20220228.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18417/
https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/30
_version_ 1731226534560137216
score 13.211869

Similar Items