Partnership Against Tobacco and Action for Policies, Politics, Legislation & Empowerment (PAT-APPLE), West Bengal

This project is a supportive initiative for effective implementation of the Tobacco Control Laws (COTPA 2003). The overall strategy for this project is to reach out to a greater section of population, mobilize more civil society groups and mainstream tobacco control work at the grassroots level. In addition, the project will continue to mount a coordinated campaign initiative against tobacco in partnership with other Bloomberg Global Initiative-funded organizations at the national and state level. It will have a strong component of advocacy efforts at the grassroots, capacity building and monitoring / reporting of COTPA and its violation.

Target population:

Citizens of West Bengal state.

Supported
by:

Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi.

Period:

2009 – 2010.

Investigator:

Sutapa Biswas.