Tobacco Eradication Program Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle

Why Tobacco Public Health Priority Tobacco is truly a global problem. Tobacco is second major cause of death in world. It is responsible for 5 million deaths worldwide due to tobacco related illness. If the present trends continue,number of deaths could rise to 10 Millions by the year According to WHO, by the year 2020, tobacco will become leading cause of death. 70% of these deaths occur in developing nations. Eighty five percent of all tobacco is used in South east Asia

Why Tobacco Public Health Priority Tobacco kills 1 million Indians in a year. This figure represents more deaths than from AIDS, Alcohol, Car Accidents, Murders, Suicides, Drugs and Fire combined. In India around 60% men and 3% women smoke where as 51% men and 30 % women are in the habit of chewing tobacco. In India alone, it is responsible for one in every four deaths. Around 2700 Indians die daily due to tobacco use. India is third largest producer of tobacco after China and USA and eighty percent of its production is consumed in the country itself.

Why Tobacco Public Health Priority Every day more than 3000 young people become regular smokers, that are more than one million kids per year. Half the people that smoke today-that is about 650 million people-will eventually be killed by tobacco Around 4000 chemicals and 400 other toxins are present in a cigarette smoke. People who start smoking in their teens as more than 70% do) and continue for two decades or more will die years earlier than those who never light up. Every eight seconds someone dies of tobacco use.

Customer Requirements TOBACCO USE CHEWING SMOKING

SMOKERS BODY  90% oral cancers are due to Tobacco Chewing.  India is called “home of oral cancer”.

Health & Tobacco… A study conducted by National Institute of Ageing, Maryland US states that 15% tobacco users become impotent by the age of FORTY.

Cigarette & Other Tobacco Products Act Prohibition of smoking in public places. Prohibition of advertisement of cigarette & other tobacco products. Prohibition of sale of tobacco to persons below eighteen years. Sale of tobacco within 100 yards of any educational institute. Specific warnings including a pictorial depiction of skull & cross bones

Our Strengths POLICE ADM. ADM. NGO’s CIVILADM.

Mission Implementation Supply Reduction *Strict implementation of the act. To remove illegally encroached vends selling tobacco. Demand Reduction Awareness launch in Schools, Colleges, & educational institutes. Exhibitions & other extension programs for rural & urban population. Printing & publishing relevant material. Setting tobacco clinics. Training of law enforcement agencies & other volunteers.