title: Compliance with tobacco control policies in India: an examination of facilitators and barriers.
abstract: METHODS
  India's Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) prohibits smoking in public places, limits advertising at points of sale, and bans sales in close proximity to educational institutions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine key stakeholders' (i.e., tobacco retailers, hotel and restaurant owners/managers, law enforcement officials, school principals/administrators) perceptions of facilitators and barriers to compliance with COTPA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using semi-structured in-depth interviews (n = 60), we identified a range of facilitators and barriers that varied across the venues.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A number of simple measures to increase compliance were identified: provide signs to retailers, provide aesthetically pleasing signs more fitting for the atmosphere of the hotel/restaurant, etc., and empower law enforcement to implement the law.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Priority should be placed on public awareness, as it can facilitate compliance in numerous venues. Communication efforts could be undertaken to change the public's residual negative attitudes toward the policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC, USA. mmturner@gwu.edu.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Rimal
authors.affiliation: Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lumby
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surette
authors.affiliation: Department of Prevention and Community Health, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roundy
authors.affiliation: Global Health Advocacy Incubator, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feighery
authors.affiliation: South Asia Programs, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D033161:Government Regulation; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D035846:Law Enforcement; D011050:Policy Making; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D062789:Tobacco Products