Description of tobacco-related parliamentary questions in India Parliament between 1999 and 2019
| Time period | |||||
| 1999–2004 | 2004–2009 | 2009–2014 | 2014–2019 | Total | |
| Ministry to which question was posed, n (%) | |||||
| Health and family welfare | 88 (22) | 110 (32) | 177 (60) | 159 (58) | 534 (41) |
| Commerce and industry | 218 (55) | 142 (41) | 58 (20) | 51 (19) | 469 (36) |
| Agriculture | 34 (9) | 21 (6) | 7 (2) | 13 (5) | 75 (6) |
| Others | 11 (3) | 25 (7) | 15 (5) | 24 (9) | 75 (6) |
| Finance | 22 (6) | 21 (6) | 16 (5) | 13 (5) | 72 (5) |
| Information and broadcasting | 22 (6) | 18 (5) | 17 (6) | 10 (4) | 67 (5) |
| Labour | 5 (1) | 7 (2) | 7 (2) | 4 (1) | 23 (2) |
| Total | 400 | 344 | 297 | 274 | 1315 |
| No of parliamentarians posing tobacco questions, by state, n (%) | |||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 49 (22) | 35 (18) | 15 (8) | 20 (9) | 119 (15) |
| Maharashtra | 33 (15) | 23 (12) | 23 (13) | 32 (15) | 111 (14) |
| Uttar Pradesh | 18 (8) | 19 (10) | 23 (13) | 21 (10) | 81 (10) |
| Karnataka | 22 (10) | 15 (8) | 10 (5) | 16 (7) | 63 (8) |
| Tamil Nadu | 8 (4) | 12 (6) | 12 (7) | 28 (13) | 60 (7) |
| Bihar | 14 (6) | 8 (4) | 12 (7) | 5 (2) | 39 (5) |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 (4) | 6 (3) | 15 (8) | 8 (4) | 37 (5) |
| Gujarat | 8 (4) | 9 (5) | 9 (5) | 10 (5) | 36 (4) |
| Others | 62 (28) | 66 (34) | 63 (35) | 75 (35) | 160 (33) |
| Total | 222 | 193 | 182 | 215 | 812 |
| No of parliamentarians posing tobacco questions, by political party, n (%) | |||||
| Indian National Congress | 63 (28) | 60 (31) | 61 (34) | 30 (14) | 214 (26) |
| Bharatiya Jantha Party | 40 (18) | 47 (24) | 51 (28) | 76 (35) | 214 (26) |
| Telugu Desam Party | 38 (17) | 12 (6) | 5 (3) | 10 (5) | 65 (8) |
| Shiv Sena | 10 (5) | 11 (6) | 9 (5) | 13 (6) | 43 (5) |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 (0) | 7 (4) | 0 | 24 (11) | 32 (4) |
| Samajwadi Party | 7 (3) | 8 (4) | 11 (6) | 6 (3) | 32 (4) |
| Communist Party of India (M) | 10 (5) | 12 (6) | 0 | 3 (1) | 25 (3) |
| Communist Party of India | 7 (3) | 5 (3) | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | 18 (2) |
| Others | 45 (20) | 31 (16) | 42 (23) | 52 (24) | 170 (21) |
| Total | 222 | 193 | 182 | 215 | 812 |