The
key activities undertaken under the National Tobacco Control Programme include:
1) National
Level Public awareness campaigns
2) Monitoring,
Evaluation and Research.
3) Advocacy
and inter-sectoral linkages
4) Training
and capacity building of multiple stakeholders.
5) Enforcement
of the Tobacco Control Act (COTPA, 2003)
6) School
Awareness Programmes
7) Setting
up and expansion of cessation services.
The
details of the achievements and funds released/utilized during the last three
years are given below:
|
Year
|
Achievements
under NTCP
|
|
2012
-13
|
·
Issued
notification to regulate the depiction of tobacco products or its use in
films and TV programmes.
·
Issued the packaging and labelling Rules 2012 vide
notification G.S.R. No. 724 (E) dated 27-09-12.
·
Launched
Public awareness campaign using electronic media as well as outdoor media
like Bus panels, bus queue shelters, unipole, back light display at railway
station, metro rail display etc.
·
Number
of people challaned (21 states) : 1,04,750
·
Number
of tobacco users counselled (21 states) : 32,328
·
Number
of children covered under school programme (21 states) : 1,71,986
·
Number
of people trained through workshops/trainings (21 states) : 82,182
|
|
2013-14
|
·
Up-scaled
the coverage of National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) from existing 42
districts of 21 states to 53 districts of 29 states in 2013, subsumed under
the National Health Mission (NHM) Flexi-pool for Non-Communicable disease
(NCD’s).
·
Organized
“National Consultation on Tobacco Economics” which dwelt on three issues of
economics of tobacco (i) Health Cost of Tobacco Use, (ii) Alternative
livelihood to tobacco farmers and bidi rollers and (iii) tobacco taxation.
·
Launched
Public awareness campaign launched using electronic media and Radio and
outdoor (train wrap-up & bus panels).
·
Number
of people challaned (21 states) : 69,278
·
Number
of tobacco users counselled (21 states) : 15,477
·
Number
of children covered under school programme (21 states ): 2,40,508
·
Number
of people trained through workshops/trainings (21 states) : 15,147
|
|
2014-15
|
·
Issued
notification of new Rules on tobacco pack pictorial warnings on 15th
October, 2014, which mandate display of pictorial health warnings on 85% of
principal display area of tobacco packs and on both sides.
·
Launched
Public awareness campaign using electronic media and Radio.
·
Funds
released for setting up/upgradation of State Tobacco Control Cells in 35
States/UTs and for setting up district tobacco control cells in 56 districts.
·
Initiated
the process of setting up national quit line and strengthening violation helpline.
·
Number
of people challaned (22 states) : 2,21,922
·
Number
of tobacco users counselled (22 states) : 26,666
·
Number
of children covered under school programme (22 states) : 98,805
·
Number
of people trained through workshops/trainings(22 states) : 22,574
|
Fund Allocation and utilization under NTCP
|
Financial
Year
|
Allocation
RE
(in
Crore)
|
Expenditure
(in
Crore)
|
|
2012
-13
|
30.00
|
10.48
|
|
2013-14
|
51.30
|
35.20
|
|
2014-15
|
60.00
|
51.90
|
|
2015-16
|
20.00
|
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|
Status of the release of funds (in
INR) under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP)
for
the years 2012-13 to 2014-15
|
S.
No.
|
State
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
|
1
|
Rajasthan
|
14,56,623
|
45,38,000
|
108,87,000
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
26,23,212
|
59,97,000
|
85,83,000
|
|
3
|
Karnataka+
|
__
|
__
|
136,88,000
|
|
4
|
West
Bengal*
|
__
|
__
|
23,32,000
|
|
5
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
__
|
__
|
130,98,000
|
|
6
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
__
|
__
|
296,43,000
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
__
|
__
|
136,16,000
|
|
8
|
Delhi
|
__
|
__
|
12,81,000
|
|
9
|
Madhya
Pradesh*
|
__
|
__
|
167,09,000
|
|
10
|
Nagaland
|
__
|
61,99,000
|
7,19,000
|
|
11
|
Tripura
|
13,63,884
|
57,64,000
|
80,06,000
|
|
12
|
Mizoram
|
22,20,000
|
64,13,000
|
51,05,000
|
|
13
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
__
|
__
|
47,30,000
|
|
14
|
Sikkim
|
__
|
__
|
56,89,000
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand**
|
__
|
__
|
136,88,000
|
|
16
|
Bihar**
|
__
|
50,57,000
|
163,50,000
|
|
17
|
Uttarakhand
|
22,18,452
|
48,55,000
|
94,50,000
|
|
18
|
Maharashtra**
|
__
|
76,79,000
|
172,00,000
|
|
19
|
Goa
|
__
|
47,71,000
|
30,00,000
|
|
20
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
__
|
-
|
123,75,000
|
|
21
|
Odisha**
|
__
|
50,27,000
|
136,88,000
|
|
22
|
Chhattisgarh
|
__
|
26,72,000
|
30,00,000
|
|
23
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
__
|
26,72,000
|
30,00,000
|
|
24
|
J & K
|
__
|
__
|
30,00,000
|
|
25
|
Haryana
|
__
|
__
|
101,25,000
|
|
26
|
Kerala
|
__
|
26,72,000
|
30,00,000
|
|
27
|
Meghalaya
|
__
|
64,13,000
|
7,85,000
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
__
|
26,72,000
|
30,00,000
|
|
29
|
Puducherry
|
__
|
__
|
30,00,000
|
|
30
|
Chandigarh
|
__
|
__
|
0
|
|
31
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
__
|
__
|
30,00,000
|
|
32
|
Daman & Diu
|
__
|
__
|
30,00,000
|
|
33
|
Lakshadweep
|
__
|
__
|
65,00,000
|
|
34
|
Manipur
|
__
|
__
|
19,70,000
|
|
35
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
__
|
__
|
40,00,000
|
|
36
|
Telangana
|
NA
|
NA
|
89,74,000
|
* 17,24,000
INR/ released to West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh in 2007-08.
+13,29,472
INR/ released to Karnataka in 2010-11
**
12,12,000 INR/ released to Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra and Odisha in 2008-09.
The
Government of India got an external evaluation done of the National Tobacco
Control Programme through Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in 2012-13.
The key recommendations of the evaluation are as under:
1)
School Awareness Programme –
to impart awareness and skills among youth to empower and advocate with them
for adopting tobacco free norms in the family and community.
2) Setting
up tobacco product testing laboratories- to ensure effective
product regulation.
3) Multi-disciplinary
research in tobacco control - encompassing interventions,
evidence-based policy reforms and alternatives for tobacco growers/workers.
4) Periodic
Monitoring and Surveillance - to measure the success, failures and
lessons learnt.
5) Accessible
and affordable cessation facilities at all levels.
6) Effective
information, education & communication (IEC) materials and mass media to
create public awareness at National , state and district levels
7) Enhance
resource allocation at all level for IEC activities/Campaigns.
8) Synergy
of tobacco control with other health programmes like National
Health Mission (NHM), National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer,
Diabetes, Cardio Vascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS) for extended outreach and
effective implementation
9) Establish
National Tobacco Regulatory Authority (NTRA) - A unified
central agency for regulation of tobacco products in India.
The
recommendations of this evaluation have been suitably incorporated in the 12th
Five Year Plan for National Tobacco Control Programme, to make the outcomes
more effective.
Section
5 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement
and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act,
2003 (COTPA, 2003), prohibits all direct and indirect advertisements, promotion
and sponsorship. The said prohibition also extends to any activity that
promotes the use or consumption of cigarettes or any other tobacco products.
The
Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha
here today.
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MV/LK