About GATS-3 Aim & Objectives Methodology Technical Advisory and Monitoring Committee (TAMC) Survey Tools
- To obtain reliable estimates of various dimensions of tobacco use for systematic monitoring of adult tobacco use and its key tobacco control indicators.
- To contribute to understanding the effectiveness of tobacco control measures based on observed changes in relevant indicators since 2009-10 (GATS-1) and 2016-17 (GATS-2).
The indicators measured will include:
- Prevalence of tobacco use (smoking and smokeless tobacco)
- Prevalence of secondhand exposure to tobacco smoking
- Prevalence of tobacco cessation efforts
- Economics of tobacco use in terms of monthly expenditures incurred
- Awareness and perception of the harmful effects of tobacco use
- Awareness of measures to control tobacco use, and
- Coverage of health communication efforts against tobacco use through different media.
GATS-3 will provide national-level estimates of all the tobacco-related indicators separately for males and females in each rural and urban area and will also provide State/UT-level estimates for males and females without disaggregation into rural and urban areas.