I.

THE LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRAPHIC HEALTH WARNING

LAW OF 2014(RA10643) IN SAN CARLOS CITY, PANGASINAN

Direction: Answer the following question by checking the numbers corresponding to

your choice

Legend:

4 – Very Implemented (VI)

3 – Implemented (I)
2 – Fairly Implemented (FI)
1 – Not Implemented (NI)

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Essential Provisions of 10643 (VI) (I) (FI) (NI)

1. The Graphic Health Warnings shall be printed on fifty percent

(50%) of the principal display surfaces of any tobacco package; it
shall occupy fifty percent (50%) of the front and fifty percent (50%)
of the back panel of the packaging

2. The Graphic Health Warnings shall be located at the lower

portions of the said panels or Principal Display Areas

3. Nothing shall be printed or applied on a location where it is likely

to obscure or cover, in part or in whole, the Graphic Health
Warnings or the location where the internal revenue strip stamp is
to be affixed as may be required by the BIR

4. No part of the warning may be obliterated, obscured, folded,

severed or become unreadable when the tobacco package is
opened or closed or when a wrapper on the package is removed

5. The Graphic Health Warnings shall be printed in four colors /-

cmyk-/ screen 133 lines per inch based on a source file of 300 dpi

6. The printing of the Graphic Health Warnings shall be done using

current available technology for purposes of providing vivid and
realistic pictures, without the use of any border, frame or any other
design that will effectively lessen the size of the warning

7. A maximum of twelve (12) templates of Graphic Health

Warnings shall be printed simultaneously and these shall be
rotated periodically for each brand family and also for each variant,
so that every twenty-four (24) months, the variations of the
warnings shall appear in the market with approximately equal
frequency and equal display of health warnings and messages on
retail packages

8. The text warning accompanying the photographic picture

warning shall be worded in such manner that an ordinary layman
will understand what the picture is about and what the ill-effects of
smoking are on the health of the smoker and on the people
around him

9. The text warning shall be placed on areas of the photograph

where it will not obscure the picture itself but will be prominently
displayed

10. The text shall use no more than twenty percent (20%) of the
entire area of the Graphic Health Warnings and shall appear in
clearly legible type and in contrast by typograph, layout and color,
without the use of any border, frame or any other design that will
effectively lessen the size of the textual warning

11. The accompanying text shall be printed in Filipino on the front

panel and English on the back panel. In the case of other
containers where there is only one (1) external surface area, the
accompanying text will alternately be in English or Filipino

II. THE LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GRAPHIC HEALTH WARNING

LAW OF 2014(RA10643) IN SAN CARLOS CITY, PANGASINAN

Direction: Answer the following question by checking the numbers corresponding to

your choice

Legend:

4 – Very Effective (VE)

3 – Effective (E)
2 – Fairly Effective (FE)
1 – Not Effective (NE)
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(VE) (E) (FE) (NE)

1. Pictorial health warnings increase quit attempts and

decrease smoking uptake

2. Pictorial health warnings, including graphic, fear-arousing

information

3. Pictorial health warnings are fast and cheap to

implement, and they do not increase illicit trade.

4. Evidence shows that combined written and graphic

health messages on the packaging of tobacco products are
more effective than text-only warnings

5. Images have been shown to increase the awareness of

the health risks related to tobacco consumption

III. THE DEGREE OF SERIOUSNESS OF SOME PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRAPHIC HEALTH WARNING LAW OF
2014(RA10643) IN SAN CARLOS CITY, PANGASINAN

Direction: Answer the following question by checking the numbers corresponding to

your choice

Legend:

4 – Very Serious (VS)

3 – Serious (S)
2 – Fairly Serious (FS)
1 – Not Serious (NS)

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Problem Encountered in Implementing the RA 10643 (VS (S) (FS) (NS)
)

1. Person or legal entity sell or commercially distribute or

display any cigarette or tobacco product without ensuring that
the labels and packages means

2. Selling of cigarette on minors

3. Lots of Filipino was still buying cigarettes even after

showing on the packets the possible disease they may
acquired
4. Increasing the tax on tobacco products almost not affect
the cigarette user on buying tobacco products

5. Part of the was obliterated, obscured, folded, severed or

become unreadable when the tobacco package is opened or
closed or when a wrapper on the package is removed

IV. THE LEVEL OF URGENCY OF SOME RECOMMENDATION TO

STRENGTHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS THE GRAPHIC
HEALTH WARNING LAW OF 2014(RA10643) IN SAN CARLOS CITY,
PANGASINAN
Direction: Answer the following question by checking the numbers corresponding to
your choice

Legend:

4 – Very Urgent (VU)

3 – Urgent (U)
2 – Fairly Urgent (FU)
1 – Not Urgent (NU)

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Problem Encountered in Implementing the RA 10643 (VU) (U) (FU) (NU)

1. Localized seminars on schools regarding this law and the

negative effects of using cigarettes on human body

2. Impose stricter ordinances on selling cigarettes on minors

3. Increase fines on those who caught smoking on a public

places

4. Provides tarpaulins or leaflets indicating the symptoms of

possible sickness that may acquire on using cigarettes

5. Show more severe disease that may acquire on graphics of

every packets

6. Imposed seminars that may teach people on how to avoid

smoking without resulting of withdrawal symptoms

7. Increase tax on tobacco products