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Impact on Graphical Health Warnings Implementation to Quit Smoking among Low Income Population in Dhaka City
Background: Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely (1,115.62 people per square kilometer) populated countries with 170 million people, 43% of whom live below the national poverty line. In Bangladesh 43.13 Million (GATS-2009) people are using tobacco and tobacco is one of the major causes to reduce poverty. For reduce tobacco use and implementation of FCTC Guideline, Bangladesh government has enacted tobacco control law in 2005 and amended in 2013 along with notification of the revised rules in 2015. As per rules Graphic Health Warnings (GHWs) has been implemented from 19 March 2016 on 50% principle area of all tobacco products packs.
Material: Cross sectional study design, quantitative and qualitative approaches, purposive sampling method and semi- structured questionnaire and in-depth interview used to conduct the survey. The objectives of the study was to identify the impact of GHWs implementation among the low income and uneducated generation. SPSS 21, Microsoft Excel used to analysis the data.