From policy to practice: lessons from Karnataka about implementation of tobacco control laws

Background: Tobacco use accounts for eight to nine lakh adult deaths annually in India. India enacted a national legislation “Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003” (COTPA) to protect health of non-smokers and reduce tobacco consumption. However, even a decade after enacting this law, its...

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Main Authors: Pragati B Hebbar, Upendra Bhojani, John Kennedy, Vishal Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2017;volume=42;issue=2;spage=77;epage=80;aulast=Hebbar