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Standard packaging a tool to ensure effective use of graphic health warnings for smokeless tobacco and bidis in Bangladesh
Background: In Bangladesh Cigarette & Bidi use as smoking tobacco and Zordha, Gul & sada pata or ala pata (Raw tobacco leaf) are used as smokeless tobacco. Overall 37.8 million adults currently used tobacco among these 27.3 million smokeless tobacco and bidi user (GATS-2017). Graphic Health Warnings (GHW) is one of the proven methods of MPOWER package and the country has been implemented from 19 March 2016 but still now the implementation on Bidi and smokeless tobacco are not satisfactory.
Design/Methods: Cross-sectional study design, qualitative and quantitative techniques, purposive sampling methods and all types of tobacco products (as per availability) was analyzed for monitoring the implementation. Graphic Health Warnings Monitoring software has been developed by using Open Data Kit (ODK) tools and a check list was developed on the basis of section 10 of tobacco control law for measuring the compliance.