Abstract :
Objective: The research was aimed at the measurement of the health warning impact reflected on the packs of
cigarette on smokers in their act of smoking.
Methods: Our research was cross-sectional and it was carried out in Lahore from February to June, 2016, we
focused on the male smokers and distributed a self-administrated questionnaire to all the smokers selected through
continence non-probability method of sampling without accounting the educational aspect and data was analyzed
through SPSS-22.
Results: We selected a total of 1500 smoker, warning was observed by 1330 smokers (88.7%); 730 smokers (54.8%)
found the picture significant; 630 smokers (47.3%) made an effort to reduce smoking and 430 smokers (32.4%)
made a real effort to quit smoking because of the picture and warning impact. In the group of smokers who tried to
quit (430), 300 smokers (69.7%) were influenced by the picture.
Conclusion: There is no significant and determinant impact of the warning and picture printed on the cigarette
packs being sold in Pakistan in quitting and reducing of smoking.
Keywords: Cross-Sectional Research, Pictorial, Textual Health Warnings, Smokers, Lahore, Privileged and Under
Privileged Societies.
Keyword :
Cross-Sectional Research, Pictorial, Textual Health Warnings, Smokers, Lahore, Privileged and Under Privileged Societies.