LEGISLATIONS

 The first law for tobacco was introduced in

India in 1975 Cigarettes (Regulation of
Production, supply and Distribution) Act,
1975, which made it mandatory to issue
specific statutory health related warnings on
package of cigarette.
 The second law which is Cigarettes and Other
Tobacco Products(Prohibition of
Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and
Commerce, Production, Supply and
Distribution) Act, 2003, abbreviated as COTPA
PROVISIONS OF THE ACT
 This act prohibits smoking in public transport, hospitals,
movie theatres, auditoriums, bars, pubs, government
offices, libraries, courts, post office, shopping malls,
canteens, refreshment rooms, coffee house,
educational institutions and parks but it does allows
smoking in special zones of hotels, restaurants and
airports. Smoking is allowed on roads, inside one’s own
vehicle or home. The meaning of open space has a
broad meaning which here means only such places that
are visited by public which includes stadiums, bus stand
etc.
 It also prohibits the advertisement of all kind of tobacco
products which includes cigarettes and it also prohibits
the advertisement of all kind of tobacco products
It prohibits the sale of tobacco within radius of
100 yards from any educational institution be it
school, college or any other institution of higher
learning which is established or recognized by an
appropriate authority.
Cigarette packets are recognized to carry a
pictorial warning which may be a skull, a scorpion
or certain other pictorial warning with a warning
message which says “smoking kills and tobacco
causes cancer” in both Hind and English.
CONCLUSION
 The best way to protect the environment from the effects
of tobacco is to encourage smokers to quit and to promote
prevention through tobacco control policies, high-impact
marketing campaigns and quit-smoking services.
 There is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between
the tobacco industry’s interests and public health policy
interests. The tobacco industry produces and promotes a
product that has been proven scientifically to be addictive,
to cause disease and death and to give rise to a variety of
social ills, including increased poverty. Therefore, countries
should protect the formulation and implementation of
public health policies for tobacco control from the tobacco
industry to the greatest extent possible.