Compliance with smoke-free legislation and smoking behaviour: observational field study from Punjab, India.

Background: Indian smoke-free legislation requires prohibition of smoking at public places and owners of public places to display 'no smoking' signages.

Aims And Objectives: The study aims to assess the compliance of public places with smoke-free legislation and determine the factors associated with active smoking in public places.

Methodology: This was a cross-sectional analytic observational quantitative survey conducted by a team of trained field investigators using a structured observational checklist across 6875 public places in Punjab state of India.