TRIPUNITHURA: An anti-tobacco awareness programme for councillors and ward members was held at the Taluk Government Hospital here on Tuesday. The programme was aimed at creating awareness about the campaigns to help combat tobacco addiction at the grassroots level in all panchayats. The programme is part of an initiative launched in connection with the ‘anti-tobacco’ day which falls on March 31.“The use of tobacco affects family lives adversely. It inevitably leads to illness and severe problems,” said health standing committee chairman T K Suresh who inaugurated the programme.On the occasion, Dr T P Vijayan and Dr Sreedhar Kumar elaborated on the dangers of passive smoking and stated that these are considerably higher than active smoking. “Passive smoking causes early death and health problems in children and adults who do not smoke,” Dr Vijayan said.The ward members and councillors have also been instructed to propagate the message- ‘Your smoking is injurious to our health’- as part of the campaign.
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