The governments should think over it seriously as it accounts for more deaths worldwide than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined,” Dinesh Trivedi, a Trinamool Congress MP said. The governments should think over it seriously as it accounts for more deaths worldwide than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined,” Dinesh Trivedi, a Trinamool Congress MP said. The Supreme Court on September 23, 2016 had imposed ban on sale of tobacco in twin-packs such as gutka, tobacco, pan masala, khaini etc. “As per the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2017, there are 26.7 crore users of tobacco in India and 5500 children initiate tobacco use everyday. One-third of these tobacco users will die prematurely,” Sambandh Health Foundation Trustee and Head of Tobacco Control, Sanjay Seth told PTI.

Source: Indian Express February 04, 2018 07:33 UTC