Bibliography of published scientific and grey literature related to tobacco policy in India

<p dir="ltr">This dataset contains bibliography of published scientific and grey literature of relevance to study tobacco-related public policy in India over time. It has a total of 272 documents published over 1924-2023 period providing commentary about tobacco-related policy/issues starting from the early 17th century till early 21st century period. </p><p dir="ltr">This bibliography was produced as part of a scoping review to map tobacco-related public policies in India since the arrival/spread of tobacco in India. Documents were sourced through systematic searches using keywords related to tobacco and policy in the two major social science databases: the EBSCO Host, and JSTOR. This scoping review was part of a broader research initiative titled, DRITHI (Developing Research and Action Capacities to Counter Harm Industries) - a historical comparative public policy study across the four psychoactive substances (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and opium). </p><p dir="ltr">The search for literature was limited to time period of 1600-2024 and to English language. The search for EBSCO Host: [tobacco OR bidi OR biri OR beedi OR gutka OR gutkha OR cigarette OR hukka OR hookah OR zarda OR gul OR kharra OR mishri OR mawa OR gudakhu OR nastaar OR khaini OR chillum OR cheroot OR cigar] AND [policy OR law OR statut* OR legislation OR regulation OR notification OR prohibit* OR excise OR revenue OR tax OR restrict* OR licens*] AND [India]. The search for JSTOR: [tobacco OR bidi OR biri OR beedi OR gutka OR gutkha OR cigarette OR hukka OR hookah OR chillum OR cheroot OR cigar] AND [policy OR control OR law OR regulation OR prohibit OR license OR tax OR revenue] AND [India]. SS and AN independently reviewed titles and abstracts of all sourced documents for their inclusion/exclusion in the review. They developed consensus on inclusion/exclusion decision and the documents, where consensus could not be achieved, were referred to UB for the final decision.</p><p dir="ltr">Our sole intention of publishing this bibliography is that it may be of help to other researchers/actors interested in tobacco related policy/issues in India. </p>