Lok Sabha Question No. 3376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Reduction of Tobacco Consumption
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana, Dr. Byreddy Shabari, Shri Tangella Uday Srinivas

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3376 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH AUGUST 2025

## REDUCTION OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

## 3376. SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS: SHRI G. LAKSHMINARAYANA: Dr. BYREDDY SHABARI:

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

- a) whether the Government has set targets for the reduction of tobacco consumption under the National Health Policy, 2017 and the WHO Global NCD framework and if so, the details of the targets and progress made so far;
- b) the key measures being undertaken to help in achieving the 30% reduction in tobacco use by 2025, including efforts in prevention, cessation and enforcement;
- c) whether the Government proposes to conduct or release updated national-level data on tobacco consumption, considering that the last Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) was conducted in 2016-17 and if so, the timeline for the same;
- d) the total number of individuals who have successfully quit tobacco use, disaggregated by type of tobacco product (smoking and smokeless) in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- e) the steps being taken by the Government to strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure that progress is regularly measured and used to inform policy decisions?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (c): The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017 set a target for reduction of tobacco use among adults (aged 15+ years) at 15% by 2020 and 30% by 2025. A global target of a relative reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use (15+ years) has also been set by the WHO Global NCD Framework in 2013 as 30% by 2025, which was extended in 2021 to 40% by 2030. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), a 17.3% relative reduction in tobacco use prevalence among Indians (aged 15+ years) has been achieved between GATS-1 (2009-10) and GATS-2 (2016-17). The MoH&FW has also conducted Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in 2019, which reported a decline in tobacco use (among students aged 1315years) by 42.5% between GYTS-3 (2009) and GYTS-4 (2019). Some of the key measures taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) are given below:

-  MoH&FW has enacted a comprehensive legislation, namely the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003 to regulate the trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution of tobacco products.
-  The MoH&FW has also enacted the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act (PECA), 2019 which prohibits the production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement of electronic cigarettes and related devices.
-  The MoH&FW launched the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) in 2007-08 to ensure effective implementation of the provisions under the COTPA, discourage tobacco use and raise awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco use.
-  As part of these awareness efforts, MoH&FW has also launched a 60-day annual Tobacco Free Youth Campaign since 2023 to educate youth about the dangers of tobacco and empower them to resist or quit tobacco use.
-  The Ministry has established a toll-free National Tobacco Quitline Service (1800-112356), which is operated by four Quitline centers (Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Bengaluru) covering all States and UTs, and provides counselling in 16 languages, including regional/local languages.
-  Over 2,000 Tobacco Cessation Centres (TCCs) have been established across the country under integrated efforts of NTCP, National Medical Commission (NMC) and National Dental Commission (NDC), National Oral Health Programme (NOHP) etc.

(d): The State/UT-wise data as reported, the total number of individuals who have successfully quit tobacco use from 2020 to 2025 are at the Annexure .

(e): Monitoring of the NTCP is conducted through the NTCP-MIS portal, which monitors State and District level activities such as trainings held, number of awareness campaigns and enforcement drives conducted.

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## Annexure

| S. No.   | State                           | The Total No. of Individuals who have successfully quit tobacco use, from 2020-25   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar                | 43                                                                                  |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 12611                                                                               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 284                                                                                 |
| 4        | Assam                           | 5444                                                                                |
| 5        | Bihar                           | 8763                                                                                |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                    | 6112                                                                                |
| 7        | Delhi                           | 231                                                                                 |
| 8        | DH &DD                          | 718                                                                                 |
| 9        | Goa                             | 296                                                                                 |
| 10       | Gujarat                         | 6053                                                                                |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                | 15433                                                                               |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir (Jammu Division) | 439                                                                                 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                       | 7701                                                                                |
| 14       | Karnataka                       | 14290                                                                               |
| 15       | Kerala                          | 3773                                                                                |
| 16       | Lakshwadeep                     | 250                                                                                 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                  | 215                                                                                 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                     | 37642                                                                               |
| 19       | Manipur                         | 9                                                                                   |
| 20       | Meghalaya                       | 270                                                                                 |
| 21       | Mizoram                         | 34477                                                                               |
| 22       | Nagaland                        | 71                                                                                  |
| 23       | Odisha                          | 16230                                                                               |
| 24       | Puducherry                      | 133                                                                                 |
| 25       | Rajasthan                       | 22,937                                                                              |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu                      | 2334                                                                                |
| 27       | Tripura                         | 563                                                                                 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh                   | 5361                                                                                |
| 29       | Uttarakhand                     | 537                                                                                 |
| 30       | West Bengal                     | 6418                                                                                |
| 31       | Ladakh                          | 265                                                                                 |
| 32       | Kashmir Division                | 885                                                                                 |
| Total    |                                 | 2,10,788                                                                            |

Source: As reported by States/UTs except Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Sikkim and Telangana.