Cigarette Packaging as a Commercial Determinant of Smoking: A Thematic Analysis of Filipinos’ Perception of Graphic Health Warnings and Plain Packaging in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Amul, Gianna Gayle H, Mallari, Eunice U, Arda, John Rafael Y, Santiago, Alen Josef U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2025
• Subjects: Commercial determinant of health; Graphic health warnings; Low-and middle-income country; Philippines; Plain packaging; Public opinion; Thematic analysis; Tobacco packaging; Health Policy; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Health; Public Health Education and Promotion; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/307; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117616
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In line with recommendations of Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the Philippines has implemented graphic health warnings (GHWs) on cigarette packs. While the Graphic Health Warnings Law was passed in 2014, it was only implemented in 2016. Using a commercial determinants...