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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Anti-tobacco drive to involve Mizo church

Anti-tobacco drive to involve Mizo church

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published Published on Oct 16, 2011   modified Modified on Oct 16, 2011

-The Telegraph

 

The Centre has decided to take the help of the church to minimise the use of tobacco in Mizoram, after it was found that the state was home to the highest number of tobacco users in the country.

The chief medical officer of the directorate-general of health services, Jagdish Kaur, revealed this here today during the release of the northeastern region’s factsheet of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey at NEDFi conference hall, Dispur.

Kaur said despite being the residents of one of the most literate states in the country, the people of Mizoram were refusing to learn the devastating effects of using tobacco, forcing the government to take the help of religious institutions to motivate them to quit the addiction.

She told reporters that the survey had revealed that while 97 per cent people in Mizoram were aware of the fact that tobacco use could cause cancer, 92 per cent knew that it could also trigger heart attacks and 79 per cent knew addicts were susceptible to strokes.

“Even after such high levels of awareness about the ill-effects of tobacco, people continue to consume tobacco products. A religion like Christianity, which has prohibited smoking and chewing tobacco, can play a crucial role in the anti-tobacco campaign,” Kaur said.

Jane R. Ralte, state nodal officer-cum-project officer of Mizoram State Tobacco Control Society, said the Church had already been mobilised to motivate children against tobacco consumption and would motivate youths, adults and the elderly generation.

She said 37.2 per cent of the population in Mizoram were addicted to cigarettes, 24.5 per cent to khaini, 16.5 per cent to pan masala, 6.9 per cent to betel and 6.1 per cent to bidi.

The survey revealed that while 15.9 per cent current cigarette smokers thought about quitting because of the warning label on the cigarette pack, the figure was 7 and 19.7 in case of bidi and smokeless tobacco product users respectively.

The survey, conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, also revealed that currently tobacco users in the region constituted 44.1 per cent adults — 56.9 per cent male and 30.8 per cent female.

It was also found that 19.5 per cent minors, aged between 15 and 17, consumed tobacco in some form in all the northeastern states and that almost all of them could easily purchase tobacco products.

Among daily tobacco users of the region, 49.2 per cent consumed tobacco within half-an-hour of waking up, the study revealed.

It was also revealed that while 57.5 per cent adults were exposed to second-hand smoking at home, 26.2 per cent were exposed at public places, mainly while using public transport and in restaurants.

In Assam, tobacco use was found to be 39 per cent, or in other words, every two among five adults in the state used tobacco in some form or the other.

Tobacco users in Assam rarely quit the habit and only five per cent of the daily smokers could quit smoking successfully.

However, in case of smokeless tobacco, only one per cent could stops its use.

The Telegraph, 16 October, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111016/jsp/frontpage/story_14629431.jsp


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