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Campaign against ills of tobacco  

The ministry of health and family welfare today launched a nationwide televised campaign against tobacco chewing.

The campaign has been launched by the tobacco control wing of the ministry, along with World Lung Foundation and Bloomberg Initiative to reduce use of tobacco.

The campaign called Surgeon and will be telecast in more than 25 national and regional television channels in 12 regional languages.

The national family health survey 2005-06 said around 38 per cent men and 10 per cent women across the country consume smokeless tobacco that include pan, gutka, pan masala and a number of other forms.

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