Research Article
Effects of Graphic Health Warning on Tobacco Packs: A Cross-Sectional Study among Low Socioeconomic Group in Bangladesh
Table 5
Knowledge, perceptions, and contemplation on the GHW of the cigarette/bidi packet.
| | Variable | Number () | Percentage |
| | Knowledge of the respondent on graphic health warning on cigarette/bidi packs | | No | 13 | 3.3 | | Yes | 387 | 96.7 | | Noticed graphic warnings on cigarette/bidi pack in Bangladesh () | | Yes | 387 | 100.0 | | Type of graphic warning seen on cigarette/bidi in Bangladesh () | | Ulcer on the throat | 373 | 96.4 | | Cancer on mouth | 14 | 3.6 | | Noticed text message in the new graphic warning () | | No | 59 | 15.2 | | Yes | 328 | 84.8 | | Visibility of reading the text message on the graphic warning () | | Read clearly | 142 | 36.7 | | Read little | 134 | 34.6 | | No | 55 | 14.2 | | Cannot read | 56 | 14.5 | | Noticed first on the graphic warning () | | Brand name | 34 | 8.8 | | Pictorial health warning | 343 | 88.6 | | Color and design of the packet | 9 | 2.3 | | Text message | 1 | 0.3 | | Visualize the health harms on the graphic warning | | No | 3 | 0.8 | | Yes | 384 | 99.2 | | The graphic warning makes aware on the health harms | | No | 3 | 0.8 | | Yes | 384 | 99.2 | | Any graphic warning that makes worried | | Yes | 1 | 0.3 | | No | 386 | 99.7 | | Degree of worries about the health risk of smoking that are in the graphic warning | | Not at all | 2 | 0.5 | | A little bit | 119 | 30.7 | | To some extent | 190 | 49.1 | | A lot | 76 | 19.6 | | The graphic warning encourage the respondent to quit tobacco use | | Yes | 9 | 2.3 | | No | 378 | 97.7 | | The graphic warning will prohibit starting smoking by the young people | | No | 32 | 8.3 | | Yes | 267 | 69.0 | | Do not know | 88 | 22.7 |
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