Cigarette health warning label compliance in Nigeria: A multi-city observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tobacco remains the world's leading preventable cause of death, with the majority of tobacco-caused deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The first global health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), outlines a set of policy initiatives that have been demonstrated as effective in reducing tobacco use. Article 11 of the FCTC focuses on using the tobacco package to communicate tobacco-caused harms; it also seeks to restrict the delivery of misleading information on the pack about the product.The objective of his study is to establish a surveillance system for tobacco packs in Nigeria to assess pack compliance with in-country health warning label requirements. The Tobacco Pack Surveillance System (TPackSS) monitors whether required he

SUBMITTER: Owopetu OF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10193461 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature