Jammu: (26/05) in the ongoing campaign against tobacco under Nasha Mukt Abhyan Jammu kashmir on the directions of Cheif Education officer Rajouri Mtr. Sultana kouser ,a lecture was arranged by the Counseling cell In Higher secondary school Dhangri, zone Baljarallan ., which was attended by the teachers and students of the school.
District Nodal officer for Nasha Mukt Abhyan (Education Chapter ) Rajouri Mr. Sajad Bhat remained very active in this programme under guidance of the Counselling cell Jammu team including Dr. Romesh Sharma, Sh. Shanti sawroop , Smt. Alka sharma and Mrs. Preeti , Pertinent to mention here is that Mr Sajad Bhat is doing a commendable job in the field of eradicating of this menace from the society and country, he has not only organized tens of programs for the anti-tobacco campaign but also he attended several workshops and programs at the provincial level regarding the Anti-tobacco campaign.
District Nodal officer for Nasha Mukt Abhyan (Education Chapter ) Rajouri Mr. Sajad Bhat delivered the lecture on NO To Tobacco, interacting with the students he said that Tobacco in any form smoking or smokeless ,
used, is one of the biggest public health threats in the world has ever faced and it is one of the major preventable causes of death and disability worldwide. Cigarette smoking is the most popular form of tobacco use. There are 1.1billion tobacco users in the world, 70% of whom are in low-income countries and Tobacco use in children and adolescents is reaching pandemic levels he said.
The World Bank has reported that between 82,000-99,000 children and adolescents worldwide and 5,500 adolescents in India begin smoking every day About half of them will continue to smoke to adulthood and half of the adult smokers are expected to die prematurely due to smoking-related diseases. he added
In view of the deep-rooted nature, the eradication of tobacco habit would require concerted action resulting into social change. Community education regarding tobacco and its health hazards would necessarily be an integral component of such an action plan. Anti-tobacco education needs to be targeted at decision-makers, professionals and the general public, especially the youth.
If current smoking trends continue, tobacco will kill nearly 250 million of today’s children. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 4.9 million deaths annually are attributable to tobacco i.e., an average of one person every six seconds, and that tobacco accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide This figure is expected to rise to 10 million in 2030, with 70% of these deaths occurring in developing countries like China and India. These are frightening statistics.
Mr. Sajad Bhat informed participants that prevention of tobacco use in young Indians appears to be the single greatest opportunity for preventing non-communicable disease in the world today as it is home to one-sixth of the global population and thus India’s share of the global burden of tobacco-induced disease and death is substantial. The WHO, which provides these estimates, also predicts that India will have the fastest rate of rise in deaths attributable to tobacco in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.
Author: therajouritimes
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