Compliance assessment study of section 4 of cotpa act 2003 at Udaipur city, Rajasthan

Tobacco use has emerged as one of the foremost causes of preventable death and disease today. Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people globally every year including 600,000 non-smokers through exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. It poses a greater public health challenge for India. Every day, nearly, 2,200 Indians die due to tobacco. About 8–10 lakh Indians die every year due to Tobacco use. 40 out of 100 cancer cases in India are tobacco related.

The Government of India enacted a comprehensive legislation “Cigarettes and other tobacco products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 to protect the public from harmful effects of tobacco use, especially youth and children.

The objective of the study is to - assess the level of compliance of sections 4 (prohibition of smoking in public places) of COTPA Act with respect to Public places. It is an observational study. Around 160 public places, were observed in Udaipur city of Rajasthan