Tobacco Control Project (TCP) India - Wave 1, Kolkata

This is a project undertaken to evaluate different aspects of tobacco control in the population. The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project is being conducted in 20 countries globally. It is a multi-centric project conducted in 4 states in India: Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar & West Bengal. The main objective is to find out the prevalence of tobacco use among urban and rural Indian adults-both males and females, awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco use and the attitude & opinion about the anti tobacco campaigns. The survey will be done among 2000 tobacco users and 500 non-users using structured questionnaire through personal interviews.

Target population:

A cohort of 2600 respondents in urban (Kolkata Municipal area) and rural (North 24 Parganas) population.

Supported
by:

Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai.

Period:

July, 2010 – December, 2011.

Coordinator:

Soma Roy Chowdhury, PhD.