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Health Warnings
Question of the Month
December 2000
Question:
Are tobacco companies required to print health warnings on cigarette packs
sold in your country? If so:
- What is the content of the warning?
- What is the size, color, and position (front, back, side) of the
warning?
- What language are the warnings in? (Please indicate what % of the
population is literate in this language)
- Does the warning include any graphics?
- How do most people purchase cigarettes -- in the pack or individually?
- Is cigarette smuggling a problem in your state or country? If so,
what brands are smuggled most? How do their health warnings differ
from legally sold cigarettes?
- How resistant was the tobacco industry to adding the health warnings--
in comparison to passing other types of anti-tobacco legislation (e.g.
advertising bans, smoke-free ordinances etc). Was there a type of
warning that they were particularly opposed to?
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SUMMARY OF RESPONSES
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