MNS: About 54% of people are consuming tobacco in Manipur. This was claimed by Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Head and Neck Surgeon, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai at one day meeting in Imphal today. He said,”Every one-fourth of cancer patient who visited TMH is from North East. 3, 43,576 people died prematurely because of tobacco consumption in Manipur so far. Different Ministries like Home, Finance and Education should come hand in hand to propagate and control the use of tobacco”.
Mr. Amal Pusp, Director, National Tobacco Control Programme, Government of India spoke about the brief overview of Anti-Tobacco Laws hi India. He also spoke about”Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA), 2003′.
Dr. Suresh Babu Singh, Principal Secy, Government of Manipur also spoke at the meeting. He said that/lndia ranks second next to China in tobacco consumption. Rehabilitation should be given to tobacco farmer to cease tobacco farming”, he added.
The one day meeting was organized by Regional Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Imphal in collaboration with Dept. of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Manipur.
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