Time to refresh tobacco packaging and update warnings, say researchers

New on-pack warning labels are needed on tobacco packaging to motivate and support smoking cessation, a study from University of Otago researchers has found. The researchers asked 27 people who used roll-your-own tobacco and came from Dunedin and Wellington how they responded to the large graphic warnings on tobacco packs. Their findings are published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Research co-leader Professor Janet Hoek, who co-directs the ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Center at the University of Otago, Wellington, says the graphic pack warnings have been highly effective in telling people about Read More

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