Tobacco and Political Concerns

This is a research study that aims to understand varying interests of elected leaders in India with regard to tobacco. The study uses qualitative methods to analyze questions and debates conducted in both houses of parliament since 2014. Using thematic analysis, the study proposes to identify varying concerns that elected leaders express in the parliament and through that the politics of tobacco control in India.

This study is funded by the Institute of Public Health.

Cluster updates

Tobacco Control |JIPMER 2019

by iphindia | Sep 3, 2019

Tobacco Control |JIPMER 2019 –
The 5th National Workshop on Tobacco Control, held in JIPMER from 26th August to 30th August 2019, was attended

SARC-CCT in Sri Lanka

by iphindia | Aug 9, 2019

Panelists Dr. Mary Assunta & Dr. Upendra Bhojani. Image credit: SARC-CCT The University of Colombo works systematically on tobacco control and was established as a tobacco observatory Sri Lanka in 2016. Recently, this observatory was expanded to the South Asia...

Policy Roundtable: Urban Health Governance in India

by iphindia | Aug 8, 2019

Image credit: Observer Research Foundation Dr. Upendra Bhojani, India Alliance Fellow and Director at IPH, was invited to participate in a Roundtable discussion hosted by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and World Health Organization, India in Delhi on the 26th July...

Video on “Tobacco-Free Generation”

by iphindia | Aug 7, 2019

"Tobacco-free generation" is a proposal wherein children born after a certain year grow up in tobacco free environments, with legislation in place restricting exposure, sale and use of tobacco for that generation. This is potentially a very powerful intervention, that...

routine dental practice

by iphindia | Aug 1, 2019

The MPOWER package is a package introduced by WHO, comprising of six measures to assist in country-level implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. One of the six components of the MPOWER package is “Offer help to quit tobacco use.” Often,...

India Alliance Fellows Meet 2019

by iphindia | Jul 16, 2019

IPH Faculty and Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance research fellows Upendra Bhojani and Pragati Hebbar attended the 9th Annual Fellows' Meet in Bengaluru from June 13 - 15th 2019. The annual fellows meet serves as a platform to bring together India Alliance Fellows and...