Compliance With the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003 in Deoghar, Jharkhand: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Pilgrimage Town of Eastern India
The enforcement of the COTPA in Deoghar is suboptimal, especially in high-footfall and community settings. Enhanced monitoring, awareness drives, and integration of tobacco control into existing health programs are needed to promote sustained compliance.
Authors
- Arshad Ayub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0304-0062)
- G Jahnavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-0072)
- Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9111-8714)
- Santanu Nath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5357-3783)
- Saurabh Varshney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1263-1980)
- Bijit Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-6446)
- Ujjwal Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-4056)
- Niwedita Jha
- Benazir Alam
- Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal
Institutions
- Vital Strategies (US)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.95854
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Vital Strategies
- All-India Institute of Medical Sciences