Role of Tobacco Warning Labels in Informing Smokers about Risks of Smoking among Bus Drivers in Mangalore, India

Mallikarjun, Sajjanshetty; Rao, Ashwini; Rajesh, G; Shenoy, Ramya; Mithun, Pai BH

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.19.8265

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“…A statistically significant higher hypothetical effect of the shocking pictures was found among low-dependent smokers in our study, consistent with another research 25. Moreover, a statistically significant better impact on more motivated smokers was found, which was similar to the results of Mallikarjun et al where a higher sensitivity to pictorial warning labels was significantly associated with lower dependency scale 59. Loeber et al suggested the use of pictorial health warnings as an effective public health strategy to reduce the inclination toward cigarette packages of light smokers (<20 cigarettes/day) 60.…”

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Motivation to quit smoking and acceptability of shocking warnings on cigarette packages in Lebanon

Layoun¹,

Salameh²,

Waked³

et al. 2017

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IntroductionHealth warnings on tobacco packages have been considered an essential pillar in filling the gap of knowledge and communicating the health risks of tobacco use to consumers. Our primary objective was to report the perception of smokers on the textual health warnings already appearing on tobacco packages in Lebanon versus shocking pictures about the health-related smoking consequences and to evaluate their impact on smoking behaviors and motivation.MethodsA pilot cross-sectional study was undertaken between 2013 and 2015 in five hospitals in Lebanon. Participants answered a questionnaire inquiring about sociodemographic characteristics, chronic respiratory symptoms, smoking behavior and motivation to quit smoking. Only-text warning versus shocking pictures was shown to the smokers during the interview.ResultsExactly 66% of the participants reported that they thought shocking pictorial warnings would hypothetically be more effective tools to reduce/quit tobacco consumption compared to only textual warnings. Also, 31.9% of the smokers who were motivated to stop smoking reported that they actually had stopped smoking for at least 1 month secondary to the textual warnings effects. A higher motivation to quit cigarette smoking was seen among the following groups of smokers: males (odds ratio [OR] =1.8, P=0.02), who had stopped smoking for at least 1 month during the last year due to textual warning (OR =2.79, P<0.001), who considered it very important to report health warning on cigarette packs (OR =1.92, P=0.01), who had chronic expectoration (OR =1.81, P=0.06) and who would change their favorite cigarette pack if they found shocking images on the pack (OR =1.95, P=0.004).ConclusionLow-dependent smokers and highly motivated to quit smokers appeared to be more hypothetically susceptible to shocking pictorial warnings. Motivation to quit was associated with sensitivity to warnings, but not with the presence of all chronic respiratory symptoms.

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Motivation to quit smoking and acceptability of shocking warnings on cigarette packages in Lebanon

Layoun¹,

Salameh²,

Waked³

et al. 2017

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“…Tobacco companies continuously violate advertising restrictions and aggressively use retail outlets to promote their products through several strategies to bypass the legislative restrictions (Feighery et al, 2001;Bansal et al, 2005;Chaudhry et al, 2007;Elf et al, 2013;Salloum et al, 2013;Mallikarjun et al, 2014).…”

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How Compliant are Tobacco Vendors to India's Tobacco Control Legislation on Ban of Advertisments at Point of Sale? A Three Jurisdictions Review

Goel

Kumar²,

Lal³

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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The most common mode of advertisement of tobacco products was product showcasing (51.1%), followed by dangles (49.6%), stickers (33.8%) and boards (27.1%). More than one fourth of POS were found violating legal provisions for displaying advertisement boards in one or other forms (oversized, extended to full body lenth of POS, displayed brandname/ packshot and promotional messages). Advertisement boards (16.3%) without health warnings were also found and wherever found, more than 90% health warning were not as per the specification in respect to size, font and background color. Conclusions: Point of sale advertising is aggressively used by the tobacco industry to promote their products. There is an urgent need of effective implementation of a comprehensive ban on tobacco product advertisement, promotion and sponsorship at point of sale.

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“…Prominent tobacco education messages and health warning have also been included in feature films in which the characters smoke or drink alcohol. One study among adult smokers in the state of Karnataka found that greater exposure to tobacco warning labels was associated with better knowledge regarding the health effects of smoking and lower nicotine dependence (Mallikarjun, 2014). Anecdotal reports suggest that these efforts have resulted in a substantial increase in knowledge about the adverse health impacts of smoking.…”

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Using Implementation Science to Advance Cancer Prevention in India

Krishnan

Sivaram

Anderson

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Oral, cervical and breast cancers, which are either preventable and/or amenable to early detection and treatment, are the leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in India. In this paper, we describe implementation science research priorities to catalyze the prevention and control of these cancers in India. Research priorities were organized using a framework based on the implementation science literature and the World Health Organization's definition of health systems. They addressed both community-level as well as health systems-level issues. Community-level or "pull" priorities included the need to identify effective strategies to raise public awareness and understanding of cancer prevention, monitor knowledge levels, and address fear and stigma. Health systems-level or "push" and "infrastructure" priorities included dissemination of evidencebased practices, testing of point-of-care technologies for screening and diagnosis, identification of appropriate service delivery and financing models, and assessment of strategies to enhance the health workforce. Given the extent of available evidence, it is critical that cancer prevention and treatment efforts in India are accelerated. Implementation science research can generate critical insights and evidence to inform this acceleration.

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Role of Tobacco Warning Labels in Informing Smokers about Risks of Smoking among Bus Drivers in Mangalore, India

Cited by 11 publications

References 36 publications

Motivation to quit smoking and acceptability of shocking warnings on cigarette packages in Lebanon

Motivation to quit smoking and acceptability of shocking warnings on cigarette packages in Lebanon

How Compliant are Tobacco Vendors to India's Tobacco Control Legislation on Ban of Advertisments at Point of Sale? A Three Jurisdictions Review

Using Implementation Science to Advance Cancer Prevention in India

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