Lok Sabha Question No. 768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Ban on Tobacco Products
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## BAN ON TOBACCO PRODU CTS

## 768. DR. A. CHALLAKU MAR:

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

(a) the steps taken by the Government to ban the use of tobacco products and spitting in public places amid COVID - 19;

- (b)  the  details  of  ban  on  the  sale,  use  and  spitting of  tobacco  products  hookkah  bars  amid COVID - 19 in the country, State/UT -wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to bring amendment in COTPA 2003 to bring aboutprovisions to ban hookkah accros the nation; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  to  (d):  Public  Health  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  for  reg tobacco  products  to  reduce  harm  due  to  tobacco  use,  lies  with  the  respective  Stat governments,  apart  from  implementation  of  the  provisions  of  Cigarettes  and Other  Tobacco Products  (Prohibition  of  Advertisement  and  Regulation  of  Trade  and  Commerce,  Productio Supply and Distribution) (COTPA), 2003 and the Rules made thereunder.

In view of COVID - 19 pandemic, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of In dia has issued advisories/directives to States/UTs, to take necessary measures to pre use and spitting of chewing smokeless tobacco products in public.

As per information received from 25 States/UTs, the State/UT - wise details of ban on the sale,  us e  and  spitting  of  tobacco  products  hookah  bars  amid  COVID - 19  in  the  country  is  at Annexure .

Section - 4 of the COTPA, 2003, prohibits smoking in a public place including through u of hookah.

States of Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan , Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have issued explicit Notifications/orders/advisory to prohibit hookah bars

State/UT-wise details of ban on the sale, use and spitting of tobacco products hookah bars amid COVID-19 in the country (as received from 25 States/UTs)

| S.No        | State/UT                                              | Hookah bar ban                    | Ban on Spitting   | Ban on Spitting   | Ban on Spitting   |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1.          |                                                       | No                                | Sale No           | Use Yes           |                   |
|             | Andhra Pradesh                                        |                                   |                   |                   | Yes               |
|             |                                                       | No No                             |                   | No No             |                   |
| 2.          | Assam Arunachal Pradesh                               |                                   | No                |                   | Yes               |
| 3. 4. 5.    |                                                       | Yes                               | No                | Yes               | Yes Yes Yes       |
| 6.          | Bihar                                                 |                                   | No                |                   |                   |
|             | Chhattisgarh Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu Delhi | No There are no hookah bars in UT | No Yes            | Yes Yes           | Yes               |
|             |                                                       | Yes                               | No No             | Yes               |                   |
| 7.          |                                                       |                                   |                   |                   | Yes               |
| 8.          | Goa Gujarat                                           | No Yes                            |                   | No No             | Yes               |
| 9.          |                                                       |                                   | No No             |                   | Yes               |
| 10.         | Haryana                                               | No                                |                   |                   | Yes               |
| 11.         | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir Karnataka             | No                                | No                | Yes               | Yes               |
| 12. 13. 14. | Jharkhand                                             | No No No                          | No No             | Yes Yes Yes       | Yes               |
| 15.         |                                                       | No                                |                   | No                | Yes               |
|             | Lakshadweep Mizoram                                   | No                                | No No             | No                | Yes Yes Yes       |
| 16.         |                                                       |                                   |                   |                   | Yes               |
|             | Puducherry                                            |                                   | No                | Yes               |                   |
| 17.         |                                                       | No                                |                   |                   |                   |
| 18. 19. 20. | Odisha                                                | Yes Yes Yes                       | No No No          | No Yes Yes        | Yes Yes Yes       |
| 21.         | Punjab                                                |                                   |                   |                   |                   |
|             | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu                                  | No                                | No                | No                | Yes               |
| 22.         | Telangana Tripura                                     | No No                             | No No             | No                | Yes Yes           |
| 23. 24.     | Uttar                                                 | Yes                               | No                | Yes Yes           | Yes               |
|             | Pradesh                                               |                                   |                   |                   |                   |

25.

Uttarakhand

Yes

No

Yes

Yes