Awareness of tobacco advertising among smokers and non-smokers in India 2017 by type
According to the results of a survey conducted between August 2016 and February 2017 about the awareness of tobacco advertising among smokers and non-smokers across India as of February 2017, around 23.7 percent of current smokers noticed smoking tobacco advertisement.
In order to discourage smoking, the Central Government of the south Asian nation had proposed to increase tax on tobacco products in its fiscal year 2020 Union Budget.