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Tobacco awareness programme at BHU
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· India
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Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/,2009-07-17
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VARANASI: The newly created Tobacco Control and Cessation (TCC) Centre at the department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Science, Banaras
Hindu University (IMS-BHU), organised symposium on tobacco use and health hazards under Tobacco Awareness Programme (TAP) on Tuesday.
Addressing the symposium, IMS director prof Gajendra Singh highlighted the importance of the centre and said that tobacco was a major health hazard and silent killer. The TCC figures prominently in the national programme being undertaken by the central government. He added that to raise awareness about tobacco and various health hazards and related issues, the TCC Centre would organise a series of activities as part of the TAP.
The centre coordinator and head of the department prof Sanjay Gupta said that looking at the fact sheet, tobacco estimates to have caused three million death a year in early 1990s and is currently responsible for death of one in 10 adults worldwide (about five million deaths each year). If current smoking patterns continue, it would cause some 10 million deaths each year by 2025, 70 per cent of these deaths would be in the developing countries alone and 500 million would die prematurely due to tobacco use, most of these being the children and young adults of today.
He further said that threatening menace of tobacco use needs to be addressed through collective efforts and sensitization of the community. In this region chewable tobacco, pan masala and beedies are growing hazards. He said that the centre would function from 9am to 2pm all working day providing counselling and health tips to the needy persons, who want to get rid of tobacco addiction. The function was also addressed by Dr JS Yadav, Dr AK Pandey and others. |
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