M M Turner1, R N Rimal2, E Lumby2, J Cohen3, A Surette2, V Roundy2, E Feighery4, V Shah5. 1. Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC, USA. mmturner@gwu.edu. 2. Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. 3. Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 4. Global Health Advocacy Incubator, Washington DC, USA. 5. South Asia Programs, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington DC, USA.
Abstract
SETTING: India's Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) prohibits smoking in public places, limits advertising at points of sale, and bans sales in close proximity to educational institutions. OBJECTIVE: To examine key stakeholders' (i.e., tobacco retailers, hotel and restaurant owners/managers, law enforcement officials, school principals/administrators) perceptions of facilitators and barriers to compliance with COTPA. DESIGN: Using semi-structured in-depth interviews (n = 60), we identified a range of facilitators and barriers that varied across the venues. RESULTS: A number of simple measures to increase compliance were identified: provide signs to retailers, provide aesthetically pleasing signs more fitting for the atmosphere of the hotel/restaurant, etc., and empower law enforcement to implement the law. CONCLUSIONS: Priority should be placed on public awareness, as it can facilitate compliance in numerous venues. Communication efforts could be undertaken to change the public's residual negative attitudes toward the policy.
SETTING: India's Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) prohibits smoking in public places, limits advertising at points of sale, and bans sales in close proximity to educational institutions. OBJECTIVE: To examine key stakeholders' (i.e., tobacco retailers, hotel and restaurant owners/managers, law enforcement officials, school principals/administrators) perceptions of facilitators and barriers to compliance with COTPA. DESIGN: Using semi-structured in-depth interviews (n = 60), we identified a range of facilitators and barriers that varied across the venues. RESULTS: A number of simple measures to increase compliance were identified: provide signs to retailers, provide aesthetically pleasing signs more fitting for the atmosphere of the hotel/restaurant, etc., and empower law enforcement to implement the law. CONCLUSIONS: Priority should be placed on public awareness, as it can facilitate compliance in numerous venues. Communication efforts could be undertaken to change the public's residual negative attitudes toward the policy.
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