Some Counseling Some Penalties for Tobacco Control


A Joint initiative of Health Department and RVHA

Jaipur,A campaign for saving innocents from tobacco is running in Jaipur under leadership of Mr. Neeraj K. Pawan, Additional Mission Director (NHM) and Director IEC health Directorate Jaipur. Under the campaign both counseling and penalties were made in prominent places of Jaipur.  Rajasthan Voluntary Health Association (RVHA) State level umbrella of Public health is supporting this campaign by human resources and technical input. RVHA has taken up responsibility for 2 days of each week for this campaign.

Team of RVHA and Health Department visited and took action against violators in Pratap Nagar, Sanganer, NRI colony, Mansarovar, Panna Dhai circle, India Gate etc. During the visits even minors found selling tobacco products on some shops in City. 
Health department has formed a team of department and Civil society organization for acting against such violations. Neeraj Pawan also wrote letters to district collectors for supporting by running such momentum in their districts.

Vikram Singh Raghav, Project Director , RVHA told that sale and purchase of tobacco products by minors is a big concern, daily 5500 kids and youth become tobacco consumers because of loose sale of tobacco products and lake of implementation by law enforcers. no new consumer get in access of pictorial warning because of loose sale of cigarettes. 

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