Current scenario, challenges and way forward for augmenting tobacco control policies and programs in India: a community-based qualitative study
The study provides a thorough understanding of factors that lead to tobacco initiation and stakeholder's opinion on youth-related tobacco legislation that provides direction for strengthening existing tobacco control efforts. There is a need for novel ways to educate the child's microenvironment, specifically in school and family environment. The findings also emphasize the importance of multi-sector involvement and better enforcement of tobacco control laws.
Authors
- Veena Kamath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0853-095X)
- Priyanka Bantwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7710-5233)
- Manpreet Bains (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-5948)
- Rohith Bhagawath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2968-0946)
- Muralidhar M Kulkarni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-2165)
- John Britton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-3841)
- Shalini Bassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-3335)
- Monika Arora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9987-3933)
- Ilze Bogdanovica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2662-6293)
- Kirthinath Ballala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7460-5342)
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies (GB)
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Action
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2491195
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medical Research Council