Cultural Appropriation

We recently found blatant examples of cultural appropriation on cigarette packs in Mexico. Read our paper now.

Straw Cigarettes in Brazil

Straw cigarettes have grown in popularity in Brazil, alongside an increase in masculine appeals on packaging. Learn more in our video.

Infraction Distractions

Tobacco companies use misleading environmental claims and corporate social responsibility on their packaging to deceive customers. Learn more.

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 smokers.

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.

Learn more about TPackSS