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China
Expanding the Pack
Tobacco companies use outer packaging to increase marketing space on cigarette packs. A letter to Tobacco Control breaks down the problem.
Reducing Appeal
Larger warnings and plain packaging might reduce the appeal of kretek packs in Indonesia. See our study.
Concerns Remain
Study finds strong health warning label compliance in Indonesia, but still some areas of concern. See our fact sheet.
About TPackSS
Who We Are
The Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health developed the Tobacco Pack Surveillance System (TPackSS) project to systematically document the variety of cigarette packages available in the 14 low- and middle-income countries with the greatest number of people who smoke.
The goal of TPackSS is to monitor whether required health warnings on tobacco packages are being implemented as intended, and to identify pack design features and marketing appeals that might violate or detract from country tobacco packaging requirements in these countries.
Pack Search
Browse over 6,600 packs collected from 14 low- and middle-income countries.
Submit a Pack
Submit your own tobacco pack photos and view other user-submitted images of tobacco packs from around the world.
Special Collections
A growing number of regions and countries have introduced innovative policy measures to counter the tobacco industry’s packaging design and marketing appeals. From single pack presentation in Uruguay to a menthol ban in Canadian provinces, we’ve archived images and data from special collections assessing the impact of tobacco packaging policy measures. Explore the specific projects and search the packs by brand family and keywords.
Selected Packs
India
2016
Russian Federation
2015
Thailand
2015
Russian Federation
2015
China
2017
China
2017
Bangladesh
2016
Indonesia
2015