However, the remaining participants (five current and five former smokers) did not agree because they were not affected by the warning images on tobacco products (n=4): Since those did not affect me, I dont think other illnesses would affect me. (CS10, male, translated quote) or because they had low perceived susceptibility to such complications (n=2): Another four participants would simply avoid such messages: Conversely, more participants (n=17) perceived that watching a video clip featuring a person who had stopped smoking because of a tobacco-related diabetic complication would impact their smoking, mainly out of concern (n=5), fear (n=4), or because it is a real story (n=5): Three participants added that it would be easier to follow and understand, and two participants stated that it would be inspiring
This gap shrunk to 9% with the commencement of the second RYO harmonisation policy in September 2023, and was approximately 3% at September 2025
In 2020, the state banned the sale of cigarettes in pharmacies and restricted online sales of vaping products
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