Core Programme Clusters

Tobacco Free Initiative

 

Report on Tobacco Control in India

 

*      Introduction

*      Historical Overview of Tobacco in India

Introduction

Historical records and anecdotes: From the Middle ages to modern times

Economic history of tobacco production: From colonial origins to contemporary trends

Sociocultural aspects of tobacco use

*      Tobacco Use in India: Practices, Patterns and Prevalence

Introduction

Tobacco use practices

Prevalence of tobacco use

Prevalence of tobacco use among women

Prevalence of tobacco use among the youth

Key selected studies and estimation of the number of tobacco users and Appendix

*      Health Consequences of Tobacco use in India

Introduction

Overall (all-cause) mortality due to tobacco

Tobacco and cancer

Tobacco and vascular diseases

Tobacco and lung diseases

Smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis

Tobacco use and reproductive health outcomes

Tobacco-related oral mucosal lesions and dental diseases

Green tobacco sickness among tobacco harvesters

*      Economic, Ecological and Environmental Effects of Tobacco Use

Introduction

Health care costs

Ecological and environmental effects of tobacco use

*      Battle for Tobacco Control - The Indian Experience

Introduction

Legislation and enforcement

FCTC and its implications for India

Litigation, consumer action and judicial verdicts

Civil society's initiatives

Tactics of the tobacco industry

Health education and mass media efforts

Indian experience with tobacco cessation

Fiscal measures

*      Tobacco Control: What Works?

Introduction

Policy interventions: Taxation

Tobacco product regulation, testing and laboratory strengthening

Policy interventions: Supply-side actions

Policy interventions: Comprehensive ban on advertising

Policy interventions: Packaging and labelling

Protection of vulnerable groups: A human right's approach to tobacco control

Community interventions: Protecting the youth

Community interventions: Smoke-free public places

Community interventions: Strengthening health literacy on tobacco-related matters

Benefiting from models of behaviour change

Individual interventions: Promoting tobacco cessation

*      Tobacco Control: What is Needed?

Introduction

Resourcing: Financial resource mobilization and human resource development

Coordination: Establishment of a national coordinating mechanism

Integration of tobacco control into health and development programmes

Global models for the evaluation of tobacco control programmes

*      Tobacco Control: What is Possible? A Vision for 2020 and Beyond

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*      Tobacco Control: Who All Will Need To Act?

Introduction

Recommendations for the Central Government

Recommendations for the State Governments

Recommendations for Civil Society

Recommendations for International Organizations

Recommendations for Health Professionals

Recommendations for Research Scientists

Recommendations for Multisectoral Action

 

 

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