Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University will now be a tobacco-free campus. Use and sale of tobacco products will not be allowed inside the campus from now onwards. Violating the ban would invite a fine. Announcement to this effect was made by vice-chancellor, Prof DK Gupta here on Tuesday. The V-C was addressing at an event to mark World No Tobacco Day. He also spoke at length on the ill effects of tobacco use. Dr Zaka Imam, director, Caner Aid Society, which organised the programme, said that tobacco is the single largest cause of preventable death and illnesses. Nearly eight lakh Indians die from tobacco use every year.
Tobacco consumption is high in Uttar Pradesh too. The Third National Family Health Survey shows that tobacco prevalence in UP is high. It says that 2.4% women and 35.5% men smoke cigarettes or bidi, while 9.2% women and 47.6% men chew paan masala, gutka and other forms of tobacco. The figures released in August 2009 are higher than the ones disseminated by Union Ministry of Health And Family Welfare in its report titled, Tobacco Use in India: Practices, Pattern and Prevalence. The report said that 33.8% men and 3.0 % women smoke, while 36.3% males and 10.9% females chew tobacco in Uttar Pradesh.
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