Challenges and opportunities in implementing and enforcing India’s loose cigarette sales ban: A qualitative stakeholder analysis
Limited awareness of the ban and continued sale of loose cigarettes highlight gaps in policy implementation and enforcement. Effective policy implementation and enforcement requires raising awareness regarding the policy, adopting a tobacco vendor licensing system, and establishing clear implementation guidelines involving a multi-sectoral approach.
Authors
- Mark M Macauda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-8774)
- Mayank Sakhuja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8688-1985)
- Daniela B. Friedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9359-093X)
- James R. Hébert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0677-2672)
- James Francis Thrasher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6418-4863)
- Prakash C. Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-0372)
- Mangesh S. Pednekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-5356)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Healis Sekhsaria Institute For Public Health (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316342
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67