Smoke Free Criteria Tobacco Control Programme

ByDeepak K Mishra

Executive DirectorSocio Economic and Educational

Development Society (SEEDS)

East ChamparanSitamar

hi MadhubaniSupaul Araria

Kishanganj

Purnia

Katihar

Darbhanga

Muzaffarpur

Sheohar

Saran

Siwan

Vaishali Samastipur Saharsa

Bhojpur

SasaramKaimur

Buxar Patna

Jehanabad

GayaAurangabad

Nalanda

NawadaJamui

Banka

MungerLakhisarai

Sheikhpura

Begusarai

Bhagalpur

Khagaria

West Champaran

Gopalganj

Arwal

Aurangabad

Non NTCP – Phase I

• Bhojpur

• Darbhanga

• Katihar

• Samastipur

• Vaishali

Non NTCP – Phase II

• Nalanda

• Lakhisarai

• Khagaria

• Saharsa

• Madhepura

• Purnia

NTCP

• Patna

• Munger

Non NTCP– Phase I

NTCP

Intervention Districts under the Project

Madhepura

Non NTCP – Phase II

SMOKE FREE Criteria …….

Criteria ekunaM Declaring Smoke Free City/ Districts

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More than 90 percent conformity 90 izfr’kr ls vf/kd vuqikyu

Smoke Free signage

Sample signage……(sec 4)

Criteria ekunaM Declaring Smoke Free City/ Districts

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Absence of aids for smoking (no ash trays, no matchboxes, no clear areas demarcated for smoking)/kweziku ds fy, lk/kuksa dh xSj ekStwnxh ,s’k Vªs] ekfpl] /kweziku ds fy, fpfUgr {ks= ugh gks

Not present at all in more than 90% of places90 izfr’kr ls vf/kd LFkkuksa ij ekStwn u gksA

No direct observation of smoking at peak activity timesO;Lre le; esa /kweziku dk izR;{k voyksdu u gksA

No smoking observed in more than 90% of places90 izfr’kr ls vf/kd LFkkuksa ij /kweziku djrs gq, u ik;k tkuk

No evidence of past smoking- as evident from absence of cigarette butts and bidi ends iwoZ esa fd;s x;s /kweziku dk izek.k u gks&mi;ksx dh x;h flxjsV rFkk chM+h ds tys VqdM+s izek.k gksrs gSA

No butts / bidi ends in more than 90% of public places90 izfr’kr ls vf/kd lkoZtfud LFkkuksa ij flxjsV rFkk chM+h ds tys VqdM+s dks ugh ik;k gksA

No evidence of recent smoking – as evident from smoking ash and smell orZeku esa /kweziku dk izek.k u gks&Leksfdax ,s’k rFkk xa/k izek.k ds :Ik gkssrs gSA

No smoking ash and smell in more than 90% of public places90 izfr’kr ls vf/kd lkoZtfud LFkkuksa ij Leksfdax ,s’k rFkk xa/k u gksA

SMOKE FREE Criteria …….(contd.)

Smoking aids……Its Violation

Availability of Cigarettes butts or Beedi stubs ……Its Violation

Criteria ekunaM Declaring Smoke Free City/ Districts

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Jurisdictions scores high (more than 90 percent) on each countizR;sd vf/kdkj&{ksa= ds tk¡p esa mPpLdksj 90 izfr’kr ls vf/kd

SMOKE FREE Criteria …….(contd.)

Enforcement driveEnforcement drive

Institutional structure under Tobacco Control programme @ district level

Establish District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC) at District Health Society (DHS)

Senior Medical officer as District Nodal Officer (DNO); who will also be in-charge of District Tobacco Control Cell

Appointment of a Senior officer from District Administration by District Magistrate as Special Nodal officer (Tobacco Control) for the smooth coordination among all the departments

Dy. Superintendent of Police (HQ) has been nominated as Nodal officer by the Police department in each districts for the effective enforcement of COTPA

Institutional structure under Tobacco Control programme @ district level

Formation of District Tobacco Control Coordination Committee (DTCCC) under the chairmanship of District Magistrate,

Notification of Anti Tobacco Squads at District, Sub-division and Block level by District Magistrate

Order for implementation of Section 4 of COTPA (Ban on Smoking at Public places) by the District Magistrate

Order for implementation of Section 6 A of COTPA (Ban on sale of Tobacco product to and by Minors) by the District Magistrate

Order for implementation of Section 6 B of COTPA (Tobacco Free Educational Institutions) by the District Magistrate

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We all are Law Enforcers….. Stop a smoker smoking in a public place

Display a specified signage in a public place

Report / make a complaint of any violation

Issue a notice / warning

Issue a Challan

Say once to the I/C public place not to allow smoking

Discuss the law with other law enforcer

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Let us all join hands to fulfill the dream of

Tobacco Free BiharThanks