Lok Sabha Question No. 2141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Effects of Smoking on Children
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTAR RED  QUESTION NO. 2141 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH MAY, 2016

## EFFECTS OF SMOKING O N CHILDREN

## 2141. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

- (a) the details of deaths caused due to smoking and consumption of tobacco products duri last three years, State/ UT - wise;

- (b) whether the Government has made any assessment/survey on the effects of p assive smoking on children vulnerable to cardiovascular disease;

- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

- (d)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the  children  from  the  ill  effects  of smoking  along  with  the  f urther  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  discourage  the consumption of smoking and tobacco products and make the country tobacco free?

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

- (a) : No such State/UT -wise data is available with this Ministry.

As per the report of Tobacco Control in India (2004), nearly 8 - 9 lakh people die every year due to diseases attributable to tobacco use. As per the ICMR study 'Assessment of Burden of  Disease  due  to  Non - Communicable  Diseases  (2006)',  based  on  analysis  of  published literature till 2004, the risk of disease attributable to tobacco use was 78% for stroke tuberculosis, 85.2% for isch emic heart disease, 52% for acute myocardial infarction, 43% for oesophageal cancer, and 16% for lung cancer, respectively.

A  nationally  representative  study  on  smoking  and  death  in  India  (published  in  2 found that smoking causes a large and growing nu mber of premature deaths in the country. The study  estimated  that  in  2010,  the  annual  number  of  deaths  from  smoking  in  India  would around 10 lakhs.

- (b) : No such assessment/survey has been conducted by this Ministry.

- (b) : No such assessment/survey has been conducted by this Ministry.

Contd………

As  per  'Training  Manual  for  Doctors'  furnished  by  this  Ministry  under  the  National Tobacco Control Programme, exposure to second hand smoke results in SIDS (Sudden Infan Death  Syndrome),  chronic  respiratory  infections,  exacerbation/worsening  of  asthma,  red lung function g rowth, middle ear diseases, and acute respiratory illnesses among children.

(d) : The  Government  has  taken  measures  including,  inter  alia,  the  following  to  pro children from the ill - effects of passive smoking and to discourage the consumption of sm ok ng and tobacco products:

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

(ii) Ratification of WHO Framework C nvention 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 tobacco consumpti reduce the production and supply of tobacco products, (c) ensure effective implementation of the anti - tobacco laws and (d) help the people quit tobacco use through Tobacco Cessati Centres.

(iv) Notification of rules to ban smoking in public places.

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

(v) Notification of rules on new pictorial health warnings on tobacco product packages

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

Government of India has issued regulations under the Food Safety & Standards Act 2006 which  lay  down  that  tobacco  or  nicotine  cannot  be  used  as  ingredients  in  food  prod Manufacturing or sale of certain smokeless tobacco products has been prohibited under regulations. Other to bacco products are regulated by the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Produc (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply a Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA 2003), which contain provisions, inter alia, relating to on sale  of  tobacco  products  by/to  minors,  ban  on  sale  of  tobacco  products  within  100  ya educational institutions, ban on promotions/advertisements of tobacco products, etc.

The  State  Governments/UTs  of  Uttarakhand,  Punjab,  Rajasthan,  Haryana,  Mizor am, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand have issued orders/notifications banning the s loose cigarettes.

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