{"id":3001,"date":"2026-04-28T04:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chip.org.in\/?page_id=3001"},"modified":"2026-04-28T05:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:14:20","slug":"smokeless-tobacco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chip.org.in\/index.php\/smokeless-tobacco\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokeless Tobacco"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3001\" class=\"elementor elementor-3001\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caedc22 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"caedc22\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84118d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84118d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Call for Decisive Policy Action<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78e2d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a78e2d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5b8eb e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b5b8eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0577131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0577131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The March 2026 National Roundtable on Smokeless Tobacco (ST) Control, held in New Delhi, identified ST as a critical driver of disease, death, and economic loss in India. With over 200 million users, ST-related illnesses are projected to cost India more than US$19 billion in lifetime healthcare spending under current policies.<\/p><p>To address this, experts agreed on eight evidence-based priorities:<br \/>Taxation and Regulation: Implement uniform specific excise duties based on quantity and strengthen regulatory enforcement to close loopholes regarding packaging, surrogate advertising, and illicit manufacturing.<br \/>Youth Protection: Prioritize early prevention through Tobacco-Free Educational Institutions (TOFEI) guidelines, community-based awareness, and stricter penalties for sales to minors.<br \/>Cessation Infrastructure: Integrate ST cessation into primary healthcare via existing centers and expand national quitline services to include mobile and regional-language support.<br \/>Registration and Coordination: Develop a phased registration roadmap for small-scale manufacturers to formalize the sector. Ensure inter-sectoral coordination by creating viable alternative livelihoods for tobacco farmers and small-scale rollers.<br \/>Workforce Training: Integrate structured cessation modules into medical, dental, and nursing curricula and provide digital training for in-service health workers.<br \/>Decentralised Strategies: Adapt national strategies to account for India\u2019s regional, cultural, and socio-economic diversity, leveraging successful state-level community models.<br \/>The current burden of ST is immense, with India accounting for approximately 70% of the 350,000 global deaths attributed annually to ST use. Effectively addressing this crisis requires shifting the focus of tobacco control policies\u2014which have historically prioritized smoking\u2014to treat ST with equal urgency.<\/p><p>Policy Brief 2026 \/ Consensus statement:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QgzRB1Oqy2eosoZHofujEdoDDkCrQVVX\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Call for Decisive Policy Action<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097d477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"097d477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/chip.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flyer-for-round-table-5-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3016\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chip.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flyer-for-round-table-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/chip.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flyer-for-round-table-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chip.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flyer-for-round-table-5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chip.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flyer-for-round-table-5.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fed21b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9fed21b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Call for Decisive Policy Action The March 2026 National Roundtable on Smokeless Tobacco (ST) Control, held in New Delhi, identified ST as a critical driver of disease, death, and economic loss in India. 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