Bloomberg Focus Countries in the Region - India

NATIONAL BASIC FACTS ON TOBACCO

      57% of male and 11% of female adults (15-49 years) use any form of tobacco[1]

      14.1% students (13-15 years) currently use any form of tobacco[2]

      Nearly one million people die of tobacco related deaths annually

      Nearly half of the cancers among men and one third of cancers among women are tobacco related

      Revenue collected from tobacco products annually in India is  78 billion rupees whilst annual direct health cost of three tobacco related diseases (cancer, coronary artery diseases and chronic obstructive lung diseases) is 308 billion rupees

      About 3 to 4 million people are estimated to be employed in tobacco production and manufacture

      India is a party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

      India has a comprehensive tobacco control legislation

[1] National Family Health Survey, 2005-06

[2] The Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2006