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Jump to full article: The Statesman (in), 2008-02-13
Author: Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA, Feb. 13: School-going children in West Bengal are more prone to get addicted to tobacco
Intro: School-going children in West Bengal are more prone to get addicted to tobacco products. Thanks to the lack of awareness among people in these parts about the dangers of tobacco use.
This was revealed by a voluntary organisation, West Bengal Voluntary Health Association (WBVHA) this afternoon who have been engaged by the Union health ministry to spread awareness about the ill-effects of tobacco.
Mr Tarun Kumar Maity, project manager (Tobacco Control Programme) of WBVHA and a member of Advocacy Forum for Tobacco Control said: “When we visited a few schools in the districts of West Bengal, we discovered a large number of children are addicted to tobacco products and bidi was widely used. We even found school student bunking classes and smoking bidis at a hideout close to the school.”
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