INDIA SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION

Population (millions) Real GDP per capita (PPP), US Dollars

1995 2000 2025 2050 1975 621
All adults, ages 15+ 599.550 671.017 1037.683 1263.059 1980 652
Female adults 290.413 325.388 508.130 628.356 1985 764
1990 940
All youth, ages 0-14 327.552 337.921 314.118 308.996
1995 1099
Female youth 158.083 163.238 152.827 150.750
2000 1354
Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 1950-2050 (2000 revision)
Source: World Health Report 2002

SMOKING PREVALENCE
Adult, 1998-1999 Youth, 2000 Medical Students, 1998
Males 29.4 Males 8 Males 43
Females 2.5 Females 5.3
Overall 4.8
Adult: Currently smoke; International Institute for Population Services. (2000). India National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2) 1998-99. ORC Macro: Calverton, MD. Available at URL:
http://www.nfhsindia.org/india.html.
Youth: (Males and Females) Currently use any tobacco product, Standards 8-10 in Tamil Nadu; Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group. (2002). India-Tamil Nadu GYTS Fact
Sheet. Available at URL: http://www.cdc.gov/Tobacco/global/gyts/GYTS_factsheets.htm. (Overall) Currently use any tobacco product, students 13-15 years old in Tamil Nadu; Global Youth
Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group. (2002). Special Report: Tobacco use among youth: a cross country comparison. Tobacco Control 11: 252-270. Note: GYTS sampled 13 different
populations in India. Current tobacco use prevalence among students ages 13-15 years ranged from 3.3% (Goa, 2000) to 62.8% (Nagaland, 2001).
Health professional: Regular tobacco users among male students of the Patna Medical College and Hospital; Sinha, D.N. (2001). Tobacco and areca nut use in male medical students of
Patna. The National Medical Journal of India 14(3): 176-178.

TOBACCO ECONOMY
Annual per capita Consumption, Three Year Moving Average, 1970 = 100 Annual Cigarette Consumption
Per capita Consumption Total Consumption
Year (cigarette sticks) (millions of cigarette sticks)
Level of
cigarette 1970 190 62908
consumption 1980 178 75197
100 98 1990 102 54867
compared
to 1970 57 59 1995 114 68538
2000 107 71474
1970 1980 1990 2000

Annual Tobacco Trade and Agriculture Statistics

Unit of Measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 5 8 68 169 44
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 27 2187 6363 1220 3655
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons 32 88 38 409 1423
Tobacco leaf exports (% of total exports) metric tons (%) 47905 (2.09%) 71146 (2.01%) 69965 (0.61%) 77678 (0.37%) 97363 (0.33%)
Cigarette production sticks in millions 62930 77376 61162 69589 75085
Tobacco leaf production metric tons 337100 438500 551600 566700 609000
Land devoted to tobacco growing (% of agricultural land) hectares (%) 437900 (0.25%) 425400 (0.24%) 413100 (0.23%) 381000 (0.21%) 433400 (0.24%)
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 121000 358000 431452 471657 –

Retail Price of 20 Cigarettes with Tax Market Share by Cigarette Manufacturer, 2000
Type US $ Local
Domestic brand $1.09 53.00 Godfrey Phillips India
Indian Tobacco 12.3%
Foreign brand $1.43 69.50
Company
Source: EIU, September 2002 66.9%
VST Industries
12%
Cigarette Taxes and Duties
Excise tax 135-450 LCU/1000 plain; 670-1780 LCU/1000 filtered; GTC Industries
7-17 LCU/1000 bidis 7.8%
Import duty 35% CIF value Other
Other import duties 4% 1%
Imports from SAARC countries are duty free Source: ERC
Source: ERC
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SMOKING-RELATED DISEASE IMPACT
Mortality from Cancer, Respiratory and Circulatory Disease, 2000
Numbers of deaths/World age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 population
Male Female Male Female
Disease Number Rate Number Rate Ages Disease Number Rate Number Rate Ages
Trachea, lung, and Ischemic heart disease – – – –
bronchus cancer 29088 30.8 6306 6.4 45+ Stroke – – – –
Lip, oral cavity, and Other diseases of the
pharynx cancer 51222 53.7 20596 20.9 45+ circulatory system – – – –
Respiratory disease – – – – All causes – – – –
Source: Ferlay, J., Bray, F., Pisani, P. and Parkin, D.M. (2001). GLOBOCAN 2000: Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Worldwide, Version 1.0. [CD-ROM]. IARC CancerBase
No. 5. Lyon: IARCPress. Available at URL: http://www-dep.iarc.fr/globocan/globocan.html

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TOBACCO CONTROL

National Tobacco Control Provisions
Tobacco Bans Not Tobacco Requirements Not
and Restrictions Banned Restricted Regulated Unknown and Regulations Required Regulated Regulated Unknown
Advertising in certain media X Advertising health warnings/
messages X
Advertising to certain audiences X
Age verification for sales X
Advertising in certain locations X
Manufacturing licensure X
Advertisement content or design X
Package health warning/
Sponsorship or promotion for
message X
certain audiences X
Label design on packaging X
Sponsorship advertising of events X
Ingredient/constituent
Brand stretching X
information on package label X
Sales to minors X
Amount of tar X
Sales by minors X
Amount of nicotine X
Place of sales X
Amount of other ingredients/
Vending machines X constituents X
Free products X Product constituents as
confidential information X
Single cigarette sales X
Product constituents as
Misleading information on
public information X
packaging X
Constituent disclosure by brand X
Smoking in government
buildings (incl. worksites) X Constituent disclosure in the
aggregate X
Smoking in private worksites X
Smoking in educational facilities X
Smoking in health care facilities X Other Provisions Yes No Unknown
Smoking on buses X National tobacco control
committee X
Smoking on trains X
Tobacco control education/
Smoking in taxis X
promotion X
Smoking on ferries X
Anti-smuggling provisions X
Smoking on domestic air flights X
Litigation enabling provisions X
Smoking on international
air flights X
Smoking in restaurants X
Smoking in nightclubs and bars X
Smoking in other public places X

Refer to Appendix B for more information about national tobacco control provisions.

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