Cessation

Policies to increase the price of cigarettes, increase the size of graphic health warning labels, require cigarettes be sold in plain packaging without branding, and ban flavored cigarettes have the potential to support adults who smoke and want to quit. 

A study considered health and financial concerns related to COVID-19 to better understand what factors might inform a person’s consideration whether to quit smoking amidst a widespread public health event such as the pande

Approximately one in five Vietnamese adults currently smoke. The low average price of cigarette packs in Vietnam (among the world’s lowest) is a factor in the nation’s high smoking rate. Graphic health warning label (HWL) requirements have also not changed since 2012.