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ANTI TOBACCO LAWS
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EXTENT OF TOBACCO MENACE
16 % of the smokers live in India.
Every day 2500 tobacco caused deaths.
2020 Estimation is that 13 % of all deaths will be due to tobacco.
55.8% of males currently use tobacco (12 - 60 years of age)
Tobacco use prevalence among males is higher compared to females and among older age groups compared to the younger age groups.
The prevalence of tobacco use is higher in rural population compared to that in urban areas.
Problem of widespread smokeless tobacco use among women, particularly among disadvantaged women.
The Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act, 1975
-The Act, required the display of statutory health warnings on advertisements, cartons, and cigarette packages.
-The Act set penalties, including the confiscation of tobacco in the event of its provisions being breached.
-But the Act did not include noncigarette tobacco products, such as beedis, gutka, cigars, and cheroots.
-The Act supported and favored tobacco production and trade because tobacco was considered a major source of public revenue
EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT
1)The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1955, treated chewable forms of tobacco, such as zarda as a food item.
2) The act requires the label '"chewing of tobacco is injurious to health.‘”
3) 1991 Amendment to the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to ban scenes that endorse or promote the consumption of tobacco in any form. 4) 1992, Central Government Amended to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, whereby the manufacture and use of toothpastes and toothpowders containing tobacco was banned.
5) In September 2000, amendments to the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1994, banned any direct or indirect advertisements related to the use or trade of tobacco on cable television, and introduced penalties of imprisonment or fines for offenders.
SOME MYTHS ABOUT TOBACCO
1.The assertion that the tobacco industry generates substantial employment, output and income.
2.If smokers ceased smoking they would not spend the money elsewhere;
3.The resources used in the tobacco industry have no alternative uses.
4.Smokers pay their way.
5.Regressive effect of excise on tobacco.
6. Tobacco tax revenues exceed smoking-related public health expenditure costs.
7.Balance of payment argument.
8. The lifetime health costs of smokers are no greater than those of non-smokers
9. Advertising does not increase tobacco consumption