A mire of highly subjective and ineffective voluntary guidelines: tobacco industry efforts to thwart tobacco control in Malaysia: Figure 1

Assunta, Mary; Chapman, Simon

doi:10.1136/tc.2004.008094

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“…Information on country labelling laws was obtained from the MPOWER report which contained a contemporaneous compilation of tobacco legislation 21 and, if incomplete, details from other sources. [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] …”

Section: Promotional and Other Labelsmentioning

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Cigarette pack labelling in 12 countries at different levels of economic development

Mir

Buchanan

Gilmore

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J Public Health Pol

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With increasing restrictions on cigarette marketing, the cigarette pack itself has become a main means of marketing. We describe a method to examine cigarette labelling and use it to evaluate packs collected from 12 countries at different stages of economic development. Health warnings were present on all 115 packs of cigarettes examined, but were on the front and back panels of only 68 per cent. Promotional labels were widespread, found on packs from all countries and more numerous (although not necessarily larger) than health warning labels in 10 of the 12 countries. Deceptive terms such as 'light' and 'mild' were observed on 42 per cent of all packs examined. The simple method described here can be used to compare cigarette labelling and potentially evaluate and track the implementation of cigarette labelling policy. We found health warning legislation poorly enforced and cigarette packs widely used to promote smoking and deceive smokers about health risks. The findings underline the need for generic (plain) packaging.

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Section: Promotional and Other Labelsmentioning

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Cigarette pack labelling in 12 countries at different levels of economic development

Mir

Buchanan

Gilmore

et al. 2011

J Public Health Pol

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“…4–7 In opposition to Australia's plain packaging legislation, for example, transnational tobacco companies threatened protracted litigation for violation of international trade law and claimed that implementation would be burdensome for merchants and customers, increase opportunity for theft and diminish retailer profits. The industry uses these same arguments to oppose pack display bans.…”

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Comprehensive tobacco marketing restrictions: promotion, packaging, price and place

2012

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Evidence of the causal role of marketing in the tobacco epidemic and the advent of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have inspired more than half the countries in the world to ban some forms of tobacco marketing. This paper briefly describes the ways in which cigarette marketing is restricted and the tobacco industry's efforts to subvert restrictions. It reviews what is known about the impact of marketing regulations on smoking by adults and adolescents. It also addresses what little is known about the impact of marketing bans in relation to concurrent population-level interventions, such as price controls, anti-tobacco media campaigns and smoke-free laws. Point of sale is the least regulated channel and research is needed to address the immediate and long-term consequences of policies to ban retail advertising and pack displays. Comprehensive marketing restrictions require a global ban on all forms of promotion, elimination of packaging and price as marketing tools, and limitations on the quantity, type and location of tobacco retailers.

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“…[14] In addition, the industry has tried to project the efforts of tobacco control being made by the government as a threat to its marketing freedom. [15] The industry has utilized the process of liberalization in removing government restrictions on cross border commerce through trade agreements. This has supported the growth of the industry.…”

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Tobacco control legislation in India: Past and present

Mehrotra

Jandoo

2010

Indian J Cancer

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Beginning with the Cigarettes Act, 1975, a number of legislative strategies and programs to curb tobacco use have been implemented in India, with limited success. Currently, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, is designed to curb the use of tobacco in order to protect and promote public health. This review presents a critical appraisal of the current situation in its historical context.

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A mire of highly subjective and ineffective voluntary guidelines: tobacco industry efforts to thwart tobacco control in Malaysia: Figure 1

Cited by 35 publications

References 7 publications

Cigarette pack labelling in 12 countries at different levels of economic development

Cigarette pack labelling in 12 countries at different levels of economic development

Comprehensive tobacco marketing restrictions: promotion, packaging, price and place

Tobacco control legislation in India: Past and present

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