India is showing a rise in the use of tobacoo in some form with 57% males and 10.8% females reportedly consuming the substance. This is against the general global trend
A report from a Govt. Agency in India indicates an increasing prevalence of tobacco consumption in India, with 57% males and 10.8% females reportedly consuming tobacco in some form. This is against the general global trend
The state wise data is annexed. As per the NSSO age-specific rates, regular consumers of tobacco (aged 10 year and above) were 18.65 crore in rural India and 4.93 crore in urban areas in 2004. The state wise Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), 2006 also indicates a decrease in the age of onset of tobacco consumption in the age group of 13-15 years.
Section 4 of the “The Cigarette and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003” prohibits smoking in a Public Place.
There are studies to indicate a strong linkage between film personalities and their influence on youth. Since a few film personalities have reportedly been violating the provisions of the Act, by smoking at public places, they have been advised time and again to desist from such action(s).
This information was given by the Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
| Use of tobacco by state |
| Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who use any kind of tobacco, who smoke cigarettes or bidis, by state, India, 2005-06 |
|
State |
Women
|
Men
|
|
Who use any kind of tobacco |
Who smoke cigarettes/bidis |
Who use any kind of tobacco |
Who smoke cigarettes/bidis |
|
India
|
10.8
|
1.4
|
57.0
|
32.7
|
|
North
|
| Delhi |
| Haryana |
| Himachal Pradesh |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
| Punjab |
| Rajasthan |
| Uttaranchal |
|
| 3.1 |
| 3.3 |
| 1.2 |
| 5.3 |
| 0.8 |
| 7.8 |
| 5.4 |
|
| 1.4 |
| 2.6 |
| 1.1 |
| 0.7 |
| 0.5 |
| 3.3 |
| 2.7 |
|
| 40.0 |
| 46.3 |
| 40.0 |
| 52.7 |
| 33.8 |
| 60.4 |
| 53.3 |
|
| 26.5 |
| 39.8 |
| 33.6 |
| 40.2 |
| 20.9 |
| 41.8 |
| 36.3 |
|
|
Central
|
| Chhattisgarh |
| Madhya Pradesh |
| Uttar Pradesh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
East
|
| Bihar |
| Jharkhand |
| Orissa |
| West Bengal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
North
|
| Arunachal Pradesh |
| Assam |
| Manipur |
| Meghalaya |
| Mizoram |
| Nagaland |
| Sikkim |
| Tripura |
|
| 27.2 |
| 23.2 |
| 39.6 |
| 31.9 |
| 60.8 |
| 28.1 |
| 18.7 |
| 48.2 |
|
| 3.1 |
| 0.6 |
| 4.3 |
| 1.9 |
| 16.1 |
| 0.3 |
| 5.4 |
| 7.9 |
|
| 62.6 |
| 72.4 |
| 69.5 |
| 69.2 |
| 83.4 |
| 67.9 |
| 61.8 |
| 76.0 |
|
| 31.4 |
| 36.4 |
| 37.9 |
| 60.0 |
| 73.6 |
| 39.3 |
| 33.3 |
| 56.7 |
|
|
West
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South
|
| Andhra Pradesh |
| Karnataka |
| Kerala |
| Tamil Nadu |
|
|
|
|
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Source-PIB
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