Open AccessEffectiveness of pictorial warnings on tobacco packs: Hospital-based study findings from Vikarabad
Author(s) -
B. Rekha,
Shakeel Anjum
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.103449
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , tobacco control , medicine , tobacco use , government (linguistics) , consumption (sociology) , environmental health , advertising , nursing , public health , business , population , linguistics , philosophy , social science , sociology
Recently, the Indian government introduced pictorial warnings that occupy an important position among different tobacco control initiatives. A study was done to evaluate the opinion of tobacco consumers on the implementation of pictorial warnings on tobacco packs and to compare the effectiveness of these warnings among individuals of varying socioeconomic status.