Aizawl, Jun 2 : Mizos are the heaviest tobacco users in India, Mizoram Health Minister R Tlanghmingthanga has said.
“Mizos top the list of Indians in tobacco usage, putting the country at the number one position in four types of cancer,” he said while addressing the World No Tobacco Day function here yesterday and added, “This is really shameful, and it is high time that we forsake this habit to improve the health condition of the nation in general.”He continued, “Tobacco is harmful in any form. It not only affects the health of the smoker, but also people in the vicinity as second-hand smokers.”
“It is estimated that as many as 55,000 children in India begin smoking from the age between 10-15 and a large number of them live in this State,” according to the Tobacco Cessation Clinic at the Aizawl Civil Hospital.
According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 54 per cent of 2,295 school-going children they surveyed use tobacco in some form or the other.
Speaking on the occasion, Health and Family Welfare Commissioner and Secretary JC Ramthanga said that most tobacco users in Mizoram started the habit from the age of 10-15.
“It is estimated that about 54 per cent of Mizo youths indulged in tobacco usage, of which 35 per cent acquired the habit from their parents,” he said.
UNI
“Mizos top the list of Indians in tobacco usage, putting the country at the number one position in four types of cancer,” he said while addressing the World No Tobacco Day function here yesterday and added, “This is really shameful, and it is high time that we forsake this habit to improve the health condition of the nation in general.”He continued, “Tobacco is harmful in any form. It not only affects the health of the smoker, but also people in the vicinity as second-hand smokers.”
“It is estimated that as many as 55,000 children in India begin smoking from the age between 10-15 and a large number of them live in this State,” according to the Tobacco Cessation Clinic at the Aizawl Civil Hospital.
According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 54 per cent of 2,295 school-going children they surveyed use tobacco in some form or the other.
Speaking on the occasion, Health and Family Welfare Commissioner and Secretary JC Ramthanga said that most tobacco users in Mizoram started the habit from the age of 10-15.
“It is estimated that about 54 per cent of Mizo youths indulged in tobacco usage, of which 35 per cent acquired the habit from their parents,” he said.
UNI
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