Personal tobacco pack display before and after the introduction of plain packaging with larger pictorial health warnings in <scp>A</scp>ustralia: an observational study of outdoor café strips

Abstract

Following Australia's 2012 policy of plain packaging and larger pictorial health warnings on cigarette and tobacco packs, smoking in outdoor areas of cafés, restaurants and bars and personal pack display (packs clearly visible on tables) declined. Further, a small proportion of smokers took steps to conceal packs that would otherwise be visible. Both are promising outcomes to minimize exposure to tobacco promotion.