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Table 1 Characteristics of illegal and legal cigarette packs. Guatemala 2012

From: Characteristics of illegal and legal cigarette packs sold in Guatemala

 

Illegal

Legal

 
 

79 (76%)

25 (24%)

p

Warning labela

 No label

21 (27)

0 (0)

0.001

 1–25%

24 (30)

25 (100)

 

 26–50%

32 (40)

0 (0)

 

 51–75%

2 (3)

0 (0)

 

 Pictogram

1 (1)

0 (0)

0.01

 “No sales to minors” label

64 (81)

25 (100)

<0.001

 Missleading terms

8 (10)b

0 (0)

0.19

Language

 Spanish

60 (76)

25 (100)

0.005

 English

19 (24)

0 (0)

 

 Expiration datec

64 (81)

25 (100)

0.02

Reported constituents (in mg)

 Nicotine

0.97 ± 0.17

0.75 ± 0.11

<0.001

 Tar

11.85 ± 1.94

9.5 ± 1.17

<0.001

 Carbon monoxide

13.68 ± 3.2

9.9 ± 1.44

<0.001

Price (in USD)

0.7 ± 0.7

1.9 ± 1.8

<0.001

  1. aPercentage of the front face covered. Some illegal packs had labels on both sides. No legal packs had labels on both sides
  2. bOf these: 6 (8%) “light” and 2 (2%) “ultra light”
  3. cIllegal packs were more likely to be expired (45%) compared to legal packs (2%) (p < 0.001)