Effects of Graphic Health Warning on Tobacco Packs: A Cross-Sectional Study among Low Socioeconomic Group in Bangladesh

Table 3

Respondent’s usage of tobacco, knowledge, perceptions, and contemplation on health warning of the tobacco packet.

Variables	Number ()	Percentage
Type of tobacco use ()
Smoking	356	89.0
Smokeless (SLT)	36	9.0
Both	8	2.0
Frequency of smoking tobacco ()
Daily	346	95.1
Occasionally	18	4.9
Initiating age of smoking (in year) ()
≤17	112	30.8
18-24	171	47.0
25-31	67	18.4
≥32	14	3.8
Frequency of using SLT ()
Daily	39	88.6
Occasionally	5	11.4
Duration of using SLT (in year) ()
≤5	3	6.8
6-10	6	13.6
11-15	12	27.3
16-20	12	27.3
≥21	11	25.0
Noticed health warning on the tobacco packet respondent’s used ()
No	25	6.3
Yes	375	93.8
Type of health warning noticed elsewhere ()
Text warning only	11	2.9
Pictorial warning only	152	40.5
Both	212	56.5
The type of health warning more understandable to respondents ()
Text warning only	3	1.4
Pictorial warning only	153	72.2
Both	56	26.4
Visualize the health harms on the text warning ()
No	34	9.2
Yes	337	90.8
The text warning makes aware on the health harms ()
No	22	5.9
Yes	349	94.1