India Matter's Polls on Tobacco
We conducted two polls for three weeks, which were based on your views about tobacco use in India and its ill-effects. Here the results -
Among the substances that are widely available, which one do you think is the most addictive?
The options were Alcohol, Tobacco, Tea, Cocaine and Coffee. Out of 203 votes we received during this time, 54% agreed that tobacco is more harmful than other substances, followed by alcohol which received 18% of the votes. In fact nicotine is not only as addictive as alcohol, tea and coffee, but even more addictive then psychoactive drugs like heroin and cocaine.
The next poll was on the smoking ban imposed at public places in October, 2008.
Do you feel that people abide by the law that bans smoking in public places?
Out of the 197 people who voted, 57% people feel that the authorities need to get more strict when it comes to implementing the law, while 18% have seen people smoking in public places.
