Campaigns against Tobacco, giving out Warnings on Fake Cigarette

There are simple tests to detect the dependency on tobacco, a quit-smoking arrangement has been done and contacts of services where smokers can seek aid have also been mentioned in the pamphlets.

"Numerous studies among youth show that tobacco use in this group is prevalent, and increasing. Lifetime prevalence of cigarette smoking and use of other tobacco products among medical students was 28 percent and 22 percent respectively," Kumar said.

"Among the male students of Delhi University, 28 percent of the surveyed samples were found to be smokers. The stress scores were significantly higher among smokers than non-smokers."

The kiosks which would be having pictures of fake cigarette packets, would be placed in 5 prime locations in Delhi and the NCR areas and street plays with some participatory games would be conducted during the campaign.

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