The fourth national conference to discuss and highlight efforts to eradicate tobacco consumption and related diseases in the country was held here on Friday. “The tobacco industry generates a revenue of ₹17,000 crore every year, but 13.5 lakh people die due to its consumption. This conference is like a Kumbh Mela for curbing tobacco consumption,” Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Hospital said. “Also, Maharashtra was the first State to ban the sale of FMCG products and tobacco together in the same outlet in January 2018. The session also discussed possible solutions to prevent deaths due to tobacco consumption.

Source: The Hindu February 08, 2019 18:31 UTC