This document discusses tobacco control efforts in the Bankura district of West Bengal, India. It outlines the formation of coordination committees at the district and block levels to implement smoke-free policies. Activities completed so far include establishing the District Level Coordination Committee and Monitoring Committee, as well as an enforcement squad. Block level coordination committees have also been formed. The goal is to declare all establishments smoke-free through formal notifications, install signage, and conduct regular raids through enforcement squads. Support from the state health department will help strengthen tobacco control programs going forward.

1. Tobacco Control
Programme
District Health & Family Welfare
Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health
Public Health Wings , Bankura
Tobacco
Prepared by: Dibyendu Dutta Consultant NPPCF (under
NCD)Bankura

2. In Tobacco Control
SMOKEFREE
is the Answer

3. What do we mean by Smokefree?
• Elimination of exposure to tobacco smoke(SHS) i.e. :
100% smokefree
• At least in all indoor workplaces, public places,
transport- i.e.: all Public places free of tobacco smoke
• Universal protection - for everyone
• No provisions of smoking rooms or ventilation, no
exemptions

4. Smoke-free: Non-smoker’s
Right
“The right of smokers to smoke
ends where their behavior
affects the health and well-
being of others”
C. Everett Koop, 1986, 13th Surgeon General
USA

5. “Public Place”
 Any place to which the public have access, whether as of right or
not, and includes
 auditorium,
 hospital buildings,
 railway waiting room,
 amusement centers,
 restaurants,
 public offices,
 court buildings,
 educational institutions,
 libraries,
 public conveyances and the like which are visited by general public
but does not include any open space*
*Except open auditorium, stadium, railway station, bus stop/stand and
other such like places.
Smoking in Public Places
is
punishable Officence

6. 15,000 Indian
Adolescents- every
Day (approx)

7. Health Related Complication:
Direct Tobacco Toxicity

9. Tobacco is the agricultural product of the leaves of plants
in the genus Nicotiana. All species of Nicotiana contain the
addictive drug nicotine—a stimulant and sedative
contained in all parts of the plants except the seeds
Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco) pla

10. Cigarette made by only pesticide & poisonous nicotine ( Tobacco leaf)
Throw cigaret or better you try to eat Cadmium batteries , Paints etc . noted
above !!!!

11. National Tobacco Control Programme
Central Government Level
• Set up the National Tobacco Regulatory Authority for effective
enforcement and monitoring
State and District Government Level
• State and District Tobacco Control Program
– Establish State and District Level Coordination Committees (SLCC
and DLCC).
– Establish state and district level Monitoring committees to monitor
legislation implementation
– Establish tobacco cessation centres
– Build capacity through training, sensitization and workshops
All levels
• Increase public awareness

12. Programme Route Map in
Bankura District
Formation of DLCC (District Level Co Ordination Committee)
Formation of BLCC (Block Level Co Ordination
Committee)
Enforcement Squared in Each Block
Sensitization / awareness Programme in each block co-ordinated by
MANT
Execution : Smock free District

13. District Level Activities
Done
DLCC
(District Level Co Ordination Committee)
DLMC
(District Level Monitoring Committee)
District Level Enforcement Squad
Date: 08.06.2015
Date: 27.07.2015
Members details noted in next slide

14. DLCC

15. DLMC

16. EnforcementSquad

17. BLCC

18. Block Level Activities :
co ordination by MANT

21. Success Stories

22. Bankura
Order:Smokefreeadministrativearea

23. CMOH office, Bankura
Dy. CMOH II office, Bankura

24. SP office, Bankura

25. School & College campus : Smocking free

26. Section 4 signage

27. Support from Government :
Dept of H&FW

28. Future Road Map
Declare all establishments Smokefree- Formal Notification
Signages in all Establishments
Formal Notifications of Nodal Officers both at the District Level
and all Block Level
Formation of Enforcement Squad
Notifications to all by Letter- Draft letter would be shared
Regular Raids- Weekly and monthly roaster
Incorporation of tobacco control in Performance Review
Meeting

30. If we can not control
tobacco ?
…… start ban on smoking in
public places…………

31. Thank You