Cigarette labeling policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: progress and obstacles.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Sebrié, Ernesto Marcelo Blanco, Adriana Glantz, Stanton A.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	OBJECTIVE To describe cigarette labeling policies in Latin America and the Caribbean as of August 2010. MATERIAL AND METHODS Review of tobacco control legislation of all 33 countries of the region; analysis of British American Tobacco (BAT)'s corporate social reports; analysis of information from cigarette packages collected in 27 countries. RESULTS In 2002, Brazil became the first country in the region to implement pictorial health warning labels on cigarette packages. Since then, six more countries adopted pictorial labels. The message content and the picture style vary across countries. Thirteen countries have banned brand descriptors and nine require a qualitative label with information on constituents and emissions. Tobacco companies are using strategies commonly used around the world to block the effective implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)'s Article 11. CONCLUSIONS Since 2002, important progress has been achieved in the region. However, countries that have ratified the FCTC have not yet implemented all the recommendations of Article 11 Guidelines.
Starting Page	129
Ending Page	137
Page Count	9
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DOI	10.1590/S0036-36342010000800019
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PubMed reference number	21243194
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-36342010000800019
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	52
Journal	Salud publica de Mexico
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article