Lok Sabha Question No. 2339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Consumption of Tobacco and Alcohol
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2339 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH MARCH, 2016

## CONS UMPTION OF TOBACCO A ND ALCOHOL

## 2339. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  to  find  the  percentage  of  popula consuming tobacco and alcohol;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the urban and rural area -wise percentage of women, men and children consuming tobacco and alcohol; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to save people from this problem?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a ) & ( b):      Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted the Global Adult Tobacco Su (GATS 2010) in the age group of 15 years and above to monitor adult tobacco use and track tobacco control indicators. As per the GATS estimates, about 35% of the a dults in India consume tobacco in some form or the other. The estimated number of tobacco users in India is 27.5 with 16.37 crore users of only smokeless tobacco, 6.9 crore only smokers and 4.23 crore u both smoking and smokeless tobacco. The prevalence of overall tobacco use among males is 48 percent and that among females is 20 percent. Among both males and females, the prevalenc tobacco use is higher in rural than urban areas. More than half of rural males (52%) percent of rural females use tobacco compared with 38 percent of urban males and 12 percent o urban females.

As per the third round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS - 3) 2005 - 06, 30.9% men aged 15 - 49 years in urban areas and 32.5% in rural areas drink alcohol. 0.6% wo men aged 15 - 49 years in urban areas and 3.0% in rural areas consume alcohol.

- (c) : The Government has taken measures including, inter alia, the following to discou tobacco consumption:

(i) Enactment of the 'Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Pr ohibition of Advertisement  and  Regulation  of  Trade  and  Commerce,  Production,  Supply  and Distribution) Act, (COTPA) 2003'.

(ii) Ratification of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

(iii) Launch of the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) in the year 2007 - 08, with  the  objectives  to  (a)  create  awareness  about  the  harmful  effects  of  to consumption,  (b)  reduce  the  production  and  supply  of  tobacco  products,  (c)  ens effective implementation of the anti - tobacco laws and (d) help t he people quit tobacco use through Tobacco Cessation Centres.

(iv) Notification of rules to regulate depiction of tobacco products or their use and TV programmes.

(v) Notification of rules on new pictorial health warnings on tobacco product packa ges.

(vi) Launch of public awareness campaigns through a variety of media.

The  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  operates  a  limited  Drug  De - addiction Programme  under  which  it  supports  Drug  Dependence  Treatment  Centres  in  select  Centra Government  hospita ls/institutions  and  Government  hospital/institutions  in  North - East  States. These  centres  provide  de - addition  and  rehabilitation  services  to  drug  addicts  and  peop consuming alcohol.

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