Dear Friends,
The expectation of oral cancer numbers to decrease was high after the ban imposed on gutkha and pan masala in many states in India. The survey conducted by Salaam Bombay Foundation, a non-governmental organization, played a key role in the ban.
The survey interviewed 2,500 respondents, which included gutkha users to find the subsequent result of the ban applied. The programming director of Salaam Bombay Foundation, Devika Chadha, informed that with the ban applied in many states in India, there won’t be any new users of gutkha, pan masala and such products will not be seen in these states. Chadha said, “Obviously, it will help reduce the burden of oral cancer,” as reported by DNA.
The idea people carry in India when it comes to pan masala is that it’s a mixture of arecanut cuttings and food flavours topped with sweeteners. This is claimed to be untrue, it is a product formulated to cause addiction, blended with traditional ingredients and inventive chemicals. It’s sold in small portions and packages and available at low-prices, making it convenient for people to buy. And these products may be promoted as ‘safe’ compared to the option of tobacco smoking or chewing, but it isn’t really safe to consume them.
There are certain varieties of gutkha and pan masala which can be more addictive and harmful than cigarettes. The survey showed that people have shifted to other tobacco products like khaini, bidi and mava since the ban. Chadha said, “We need to now work towards banning these,” as the tobacco products are equally harmful to health.
There are over 4,000 different chemicals found in tobacco products and their smokes, out of these over 60 chemicals have been identified to cause cancer.
The tobacco products can be separated into two categories, they are smoke emitting items like cigarettes and bidis and smoke free ones like gutkha, mava, khaini and pan masala. The estimates show that the number of tobacco users in India is 27.5 crore. In which 25.9 percent use smoke free tobacco, 5.7 percent smoke cigarettes and about 9.2 percent smoke bidis.
With the high number or population engaged in chewing tobacco, over 80,000 new cases of oral cancer gets recorded each year, giving India the title of world’s oral cancer capital. However, India has levied the ban on gutkha and pan masala in 16 states and 3 Union territories.
The other concern was the high risk caused by the influence of tobacco on children, also seen as a significant reason to justify the ban by the survey respondents. With the easy availability of tobacco products it compromises the well being of children the India.
The ban has fairly succeeded in putting a lid on the number of people using gutkha and pan masala. Among the tobacco products gutka and pan masala accounts to the high cancer cases in India. The government has also imposed many rules on smoking and the packaging of tobacco products to diminish the number of cancer cases, in order to curtail the number of death caused by tobacco consumption.
LET WE SAY BIIIIIIG NO TO TOBACO PRODUCTS
From India, New Delhi
1137The expectation of oral cancer numbers to decrease was high after the ban imposed on gutkha and pan masala in many states in India. The survey conducted by Salaam Bombay Foundation, a non-governmental organization, played a key role in the ban.
The survey interviewed 2,500 respondents, which included gutkha users to find the subsequent result of the ban applied. The programming director of Salaam Bombay Foundation, Devika Chadha, informed that with the ban applied in many states in India, there won’t be any new users of gutkha, pan masala and such products will not be seen in these states. Chadha said, “Obviously, it will help reduce the burden of oral cancer,” as reported by DNA.
The idea people carry in India when it comes to pan masala is that it’s a mixture of arecanut cuttings and food flavours topped with sweeteners. This is claimed to be untrue, it is a product formulated to cause addiction, blended with traditional ingredients and inventive chemicals. It’s sold in small portions and packages and available at low-prices, making it convenient for people to buy. And these products may be promoted as ‘safe’ compared to the option of tobacco smoking or chewing, but it isn’t really safe to consume them.
There are certain varieties of gutkha and pan masala which can be more addictive and harmful than cigarettes. The survey showed that people have shifted to other tobacco products like khaini, bidi and mava since the ban. Chadha said, “We need to now work towards banning these,” as the tobacco products are equally harmful to health.
There are over 4,000 different chemicals found in tobacco products and their smokes, out of these over 60 chemicals have been identified to cause cancer.
The tobacco products can be separated into two categories, they are smoke emitting items like cigarettes and bidis and smoke free ones like gutkha, mava, khaini and pan masala. The estimates show that the number of tobacco users in India is 27.5 crore. In which 25.9 percent use smoke free tobacco, 5.7 percent smoke cigarettes and about 9.2 percent smoke bidis.
With the high number or population engaged in chewing tobacco, over 80,000 new cases of oral cancer gets recorded each year, giving India the title of world’s oral cancer capital. However, India has levied the ban on gutkha and pan masala in 16 states and 3 Union territories.
The other concern was the high risk caused by the influence of tobacco on children, also seen as a significant reason to justify the ban by the survey respondents. With the easy availability of tobacco products it compromises the well being of children the India.
The ban has fairly succeeded in putting a lid on the number of people using gutkha and pan masala. Among the tobacco products gutka and pan masala accounts to the high cancer cases in India. The government has also imposed many rules on smoking and the packaging of tobacco products to diminish the number of cancer cases, in order to curtail the number of death caused by tobacco consumption.
LET WE SAY BIIIIIIG NO TO TOBACO PRODUCTS
From India, New Delhi
Dear Ramesh,
Thanks for the post.
There are some good posts on this topic before.
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Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir
From India, Nasik
Thanks for the post.
There are some good posts on this topic before.
All are requested to follow the following link to see the legal updates.
There are some good ppts on this subject. You may use "Post your Query button"
https://www.citehr.com/436534-new-pi...-4-2013-a.html
Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir
From India, Nasik
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