Table 1.

Characteristics of data collected in three Indian states

Characteristics	Kerala	West Bengal	Arunachal Pradesh
Population	33 406 061	91 276 115	1 383 727
Number of administrative districts	14	23	25
Literacy rate	93.91%	77.08%	66.96%
Urban–rural population distribution	52.29% rural	68.1% rural	77.06% rural
Tobacco usage (GATS 2017)	12.70%	33.50%	45.50%
Change in tobacco usage (GATS 2010 to GATS 2017)	8.7% reduction	2.8% reduction	2.2% reduction
Financial resources sanctioned for NTCP versus utilized for 2016–2019 (Department of Health and Family Welfare, G. of I., 2019)	Sanctioned—53.19 Lakhs Utilized—32.57 Lakhs Utilization—61.2%	Sanctioned—238 Lakhs Utilized—48.53 Lakhs Utilization—20.39%	Sanctioned—140 Lakhs Utilized—51.13 Lakhs Utilization—36.52%
Proxy indicators of COTPA and NTCP implementation (GATS 2017 data) – Exposure to second-hand smoke – Exposure to direct or indirect advertisements – Exposure to pictorial health warnings – Awareness about the harms of smoking tobacco use	17.1% 10.3% 78% 93.9%	24.4% 39.8% 74% 96.3%	22.8% 38.3% 49% 90.5%
In-depth interview data characteristics
Men	8	14	15
Women	2	5	4
State-level departments
Health	4	8	6
Police	-	1	2
Education	-	1	3
General administration	1	-	-
NGO	2	3	4
Academia/research	-	4	-
Clinicians	1	-	2
Media	1	1	1
Women and child development	-	-	1
Excise	1	-	-
Municipality/local government	-	1	-
Total interviews completed (n = 48)	10	19	19
Non-participant observation data characteristics
COTPA-related observations	36 observations (360 min)	32 observations (365 min)	26 observations (345 min)
Government office observations	5 observations (50 min)	6 observations (390 min)	1 observation (10 min)
Total observations completed	41 observations (435 min)	38 observations (755 min)	27 observations (355 min)