Effectiveness of pictorial health warning on cigarette packages: A cross-sectional study in Sarawak, Malaysia

Abstract

Specific health warning placed on the tobacco product packages is considered as an effective and low-cost method for increasing the knowledge and awareness among the community. Thus, a study was conducted to assess the perception of pictorial health warnings (PHWs) against smoking among the adult rural population of Sarawak.

Keywords

• Cigarette
• smoking
• pictorial health warning
• Sarawak