Table 3.

Compliance of public places to various aspects of Section 4 of COTPA in Bengaluru, 2015

Compliance	Number n=359	Percentage
Signage-related compliancea
Public places having ‘Smoking not permitted’ signage	108	30.9
Sign boards partially complied as per COTPA	101	93.5
Sign boards fully complied as per COTPA	7	6.5
Smoking-related complianceb
People found smoking in the non-smoking area at the time of visit	13	3.9
Cigarette butts visible	47	13
Ashtrays or matches visible in the non-smoking area	22	6
Compliance related to designated smoking-area (n=65)
Public places having designated smoking-area	10	15.3
Public places with designated smoking-area as open area	6	1.67
Public places with designated smoking-area as a room	4	1.1
Overall compliance*
Full compliance	6	1.9
Partial compliance	101	28.1
No compliance	252	70

^an=108.

^bmultiple responses possible.

^*A public place was considered fully compliant when ‘No Smoking’ signages were as per the guidelines of the Act, no person was observed to be smoking during the period of observation, absence of indirect evidence of smoking, like ash trays, cigarette butts, matches, etc. and presence or absence of designated smoking-area as per the Act. When none of the criteria was fulfilled, then the public place was considered as ‘No Compliance’. When some of the criteria were fulfilled, it was considered partially compliant.