Lok Sabha Question No. 463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Use of Tobacco in Public Places
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 463 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## USE OF TOBACCO IN PU BLIC PLACES

## 463. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to completely ban on any kind of use of tobacco in public places across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed a penal provision for it and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if so, the number of person punished under such penal provisions during the last ree years, State and year - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMIL Y WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) & (b): Section - 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement, Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Ac 2003 (COTPA, 2003) prohibits smoking in public plac es.
- (c): As per Section 21 of the COTPA, 2003, whoever contravenes the provisions of Section shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. Further, an offence this  Section  shall  be  compoundable  and  shall  be  tried  summarily in  accordance  with  the procedure provided for summary trials under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
- (d): As per the information received from the States/UTs, a consolidated list of Stat - wise number of people fined/challaned under Section -4, 5, 6 & 7 of the COTPA, 2003 for 2013 - 14, 2014- 15 and 2015 - 16 (upto September, 2015) is enclosed at Annexure.

Status of the number of people fined/challaned under Section-4, 5, 6 & 7 of the Cigarettes and  Other  Tobacco  Products  (Prohibition  of Advertisement,  Regulation  of  Trade  and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003)

(As per the information received from the States/UTs for the period from April, 2012 to September, 2015)

| States                           | 2013-14         | 2014-15        | 2015-16   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|
| Rajasthan                        | 1,534 259       | 5,330 72       |           |
|                                  |                 |                | 0 567     |
| Assam Karnataka West             | 32,475          | 156,198        | 68,739    |
| Bengal Tamil Nadu                | 0               | 0              |           |
|                                  | 3,857           | 18,138 1,063   | 0 0       |
| Uttar Pradesh Gujarat            |                 |                | 7,520 0   |
|                                  | 201             | 0              |           |
|                                  | 1,845 2,626 140 | 3,007          | 0 0       |
| Delhi Madhya Pradesh Nagaland    | 58              | 0              | 0         |
| Tripura                          |                 |                |           |
|                                  |                 | 0              | 0         |
|                                  | 0 811 0         | 0 1,867 0      | 331       |
| Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim |                 |                | 0         |
|                                  | 19              |                | 215       |
| Jharkhand Bihar                  |                 | 0              | 0         |
|                                  | 0 170           | 0 4,577 2,659  | 375       |
| Uttarakhand                      |                 |                | 3,340     |
| Maharashtra                      | 1 0             |                | 0 0       |
|                                  |                 | 0 4,525 0      |           |
| Goa Andhra Pradesh Odisha        | 790 24,112      |                | 1569      |
|                                  | 380             | 1,719          | 644       |
| Punjab                           |                 |                |           |
| Total                            | 69,278          | 25,247 224,402 | 0 83,300  |