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EFFICACY OF TOBACCO PACKAGING HEALTH WARNING LABELS ENLIGHTENING SMOKERS ABOUT THE RISK OF SMOKING

05 Pages : 35-40

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpsr.2016(I-I).05      10.31703/gpsr.2016(I-I).05      Published : Dec 2016

Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking

    Smoking is a psychosomatic addiction that is injurious to health and cause serious addiction. According to WHO, globally one of the prominent causes of death & disability is cigarette smoking, affecting all parts of body. Five million deaths occur each year. Aim of the study is to evaluate warning labels of cigarette effectiveness in advising smokers of smoking health risks, thus motivating them to quit smoking. An evaluative survey was conducted in the Bahawalpur community by using a self-administered questionnaire as a tool to elicit data. When percentage was compared among four groups, the highest scoring was of 16-25 year age group. Next to them was the age group 25-45 & least percentage was of 45-60 age groups. Today, the labels are trivial & simply overwhelmed by the packing schemes on cigarette boxes. Additionally, smokers turn habitual zed to the elegance of brands, to the point that labels go unnoticed. Due to the lack of effectiveness of warning labels, there is a need to adopt Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) guidelines in Pakistan. There is a need to conduct anti-smoking efforts; otherwise, the annual death toll will double if the current consumption trend continues.

    Smoking, Addiction, Bahawalpur community
    (1) Sobia Noreen
    PhD. Scholar, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Fahad Pervaiz
    Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Hina Shoukat
    PhD. Scholar, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Noreen, S., Pervaiz, F., & Shoukat, H. (2016). Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking. Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review, I(I), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpsr.2016(I-I).05
    CHICAGO : Noreen, Sobia, Fahad Pervaiz, and Hina Shoukat. 2016. "Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking." Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review, I (I): 35-40 doi: 10.31703/gpsr.2016(I-I).05
    HARVARD : NOREEN, S., PERVAIZ, F. & SHOUKAT, H. 2016. Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking. Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review, I, 35-40.
    MHRA : Noreen, Sobia, Fahad Pervaiz, and Hina Shoukat. 2016. "Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking." Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review, I: 35-40
    MLA : Noreen, Sobia, Fahad Pervaiz, and Hina Shoukat. "Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking." Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review, I.I (2016): 35-40 Print.
    OXFORD : Noreen, Sobia, Pervaiz, Fahad, and Shoukat, Hina (2016), "Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking", Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review, I (I), 35-40
    TURABIAN : Noreen, Sobia, Fahad Pervaiz, and Hina Shoukat. "Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking." Global Pharmaceutical Sciences Review I, no. I (2016): 35-40. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpsr.2016(I-I).05