Baseline and Endline study helped administration to declare 8 districts compliant to various sections of Indian Tobacco Control Act in a scientific manner
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M.P. Voluntary Health Association, India
Publication date: 2018-03-01
Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A39
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Background:
Section 4 of Indian Tobacco Control Act prohibits smoking at public
places,section 5 prohibits advertisements of tobacco products,section 6a
prohibits sale of tobacco to minors,6b
prohibits sale of tobacco within 100 yards of educational institution, section
7 demands mandatory 85 percent pictorial warnings on tobacco products. Madhya Pradesh
Voluntary Health Association with
support of The Union in collaboration with administration, and health
department carried out various activities for implementation of Indian Tobacco
control Act in 8 districts of Madhya Pradesh.The process was continued for 18
months and at the end an Endline compliance study was conducted.
Methods:
Study
was conducted in 8 districts, 7 types of public places like accommodation
facilities, eateries, offices, educational institutes ,healthcare facilities ,
commonly visited places and public transport were observed with point of sale. The sample size was
obtained by using The Union & CTFK Compliance Assessment Guide and Open Epi
software.Districts were divided into clusters and random sampling was done from
each cluster. A total of 57 blocks of 8 districts with sample size of 6544
public places and 1143 Point of Sale
were covered doing cross sectional study by trained field investigators.
Results:
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districts Betul,Hoshangabad Sagar and Tikamgarh had more than 80 percent
compliance of section 4,6a and 7 of Indian Tobacco control Act. 4 districts
Harda,Panna,Damoh and Chhatarpur had more than 80 percent compliance on section
4,5,6a and 7 of Indian tobacco control act. Based on the findings of the study
8 District Magistrate declared their respective districts compliant to various sections of Indian
Tobacco Control Act. Thereby protecting 15 million population.
Conclusions:
Compliance
survey are useful in understanding the status of implementation of tobacco
control act and to make official
declaration of the district compliant to various sections of the act by
the local administration.