Assessment of the compliance with the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act(COTPA) in Guntur District
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 0
Abstract
Abstract: The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was a response to the global tobacco epidemic. It is an all-powerful global instrument that contains binding provisions on member countries. The FCTC provided a comprehensive direction for tobacco control at all levels and has become one of the most widely ratified treaties, covering more than 87.8% of the world’s population with 175 countries as signatories. Globally, a one third of adults are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke, which is responsible for nearly 0.6 million premature deaths of non-smokers per year. Therefore the present study was planned to ascertain the level of compliance with section 4 of smoke-free law in public places of Guntur district of the Andhra Pradesh state of India. Methodology :A cross sectional observational study was conducted in the months of May, June and July 2016 in new capital of Andhra Pradesh Guntur district. The public places including hotels /restaurants government offices, educational institutions, healthcare facilities and transit stations and parks were surveyed. A total of 296 public places were observed from overall Guntur district. Out of which 160 places from Guntur urban area and 136 places are from 4 semi urban areas were observed after approval from Institutional ethics Committee. The study variables included were absence of smoking, absence of odour of tobacco smoke, signage display, absence of cigarette/beedi stubs and absence of smoking aids at public places. Conclusions: The present study it was found that the overall Compliance rate in Guntur District was 49.73% for section 4 of COTPA. Among these sites highest compliance was observed at educational institutions, hospital and govt buildings. And also identifies that smoking ban was less effective at the transit points as compared with other public places. The Compliance rate was comparatively high in urban when compared with the semi urban areas.
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Ajay Kumar B, Nageswara Rao R.
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