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We examined the magnitude of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use in India and identified policy gaps to ascertain the priorities for SLT control in India and other high SLT burden countries in the Southeast Asia region. We reviewed and analysed the legal and policy framework to identify policy gaps, options and priority areas to address the SLT burden in India and lessons thereof. In India, 21.4% adults, including 29.6% of men, 12.8% of women, use SLT while more than 0.35 million Indians die every year due to SLT use. SLT use remains a huge public health concern for other countries in the region as well. Priority areas for SLT control should include: constant monitoring, increasing taxes and price of SLT products, strengthening and strict enforcement of existing laws, integration of SLT cessation with all health and development programmes, banning of advertisem*nt and promotion of SLT, increasing age of access to tobacco up to 21 years, introducing licensing for the sale of SLT, standardisi...
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Is There Any Impact Of The Gutkha Ban on Users and Vendors in Rangareddy District? A Cross Sectional Study
Introduction: Gutkha contains harmful and carcinogenic chemicals and oral cancer caused by tobacco usage has been reported as a major preventable cause of death worldwide by the World Health Organization. The Telangana state government implemented a ban on gutkha usage starting in 2013 but how effective this ban has been remains unclear. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the actual impact of the gutkha ban on users and vendors. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among gutkha users and tobacco vendors in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana. Based on a pilot study the sample size was determined as 368 and 384 for users and vendors respectively. Two separate questionnaires were administered to these groups. The parameters studied mainly included knowledge regarding the ban, and its impact. Results: About 49.1% of the users were aware of the ban on gutkha. Newspapers were the main source of information regarding the ban as reported by 45.3% of users. A...
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Tobacco control in India
2003 •
Riti Shimkhada
Legislation to control tobacco use in developing countries has lagged behind the dramatic rise in tobacco consumption. India, the third largest grower of tobacco in the world, amassed 1.7 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 1990 due to disease and injury attributable to tobacco use in a population where 65% of the men and 38% of the women consume tobacco. India's anti-tobacco legislation, first passed at the national level in 1975, was largely limited to health warnings and proved to be insufficient. In the last decade state legislation has increasingly been used but has lacked uniformity and the multipronged strategies necessary to control demand. A new piece of national legislation, proposed in 2001, represents an advance. It includes the following key demand reduction measures: outlawing smoking in public places; forbidding sale of tobacco to minors; requiring more prominent health warning labels; and banning advertising at sports and cultural events. Despite th...
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Background: Tobacco use is a major public health challenge in India with over 267 million consumers. Various initiatives have been used to control and reduce tobacco usage but few of them are studied in detail. One of them is the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) that ensures the enforcement and implementation of tobacco control laws/measures. Methods: The purpose is to systematically study the NTCP using the Health Policy Analysis model by analyzing and evaluating the goals and objectives of the programme. Here, we use data from secondary sources: (a) peer reviewed scientific literature about the programme, (b) policy and programme documents, operational guidelines, and national and state government reports from the programme and ministry websites. Data collected through these document reviews were used to test the programme’s intended outcomes and identify gaps in various policy stages. Results: The policy analysis exercise proved valuable in conceptually outlining NTCP’s priorities and challenges faced by efforts to reduce tobacco consumption. Despite a normative understanding of the programme’s goals and objectives, NTCP’s outcomes are different across different Indian states which is a subject for further studies. Conclusion: Research that draws upon the use of different conceptual frameworks is needed to assess and test outcomes in order to understand how tobacco control programmes like the NTCP operate in the global south.
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LEGISLATIONS OF TOBACCO CONTROL IN INDIA: AN APPRAISAL WITH REFERENCE TO THE STATE OF ASSAM
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Legislation and implementation of regulations are playing a key role in tobacco control in India. The legislation adopted by the government for the public interests is carried out by organisations or government agencies for effective implementations. Many international, national and regional organisations and government agencies are contributing their efforts to control tobacco usage in India. World Health Organisation started tobacco control strategy across the world in 2003 by constituting Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which includes six actions called MPOWER. Likewise, India started tobacco control by implementing the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA) in 2003 which came into effect in 2007-08 after implementing National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP). With very less successful India is challenging to curb tobacco usage over the last decades. Therefore, this paper concentrates on legislations enacted by the government and programme implementations through various organisations and government agencies in India with special reference to the advocacy and outcome of tobacco control in the state of Assam.
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of India’s 2008 Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places in Gujarat
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