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Wednesday, April 11 2007
Health Ministry announces 'Tambakoo Virodh Puraskar'
E.x.c.e.r.p.t. [From this World No Tobacco Day, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is going to give a awarde to the eligible individuals, institutions, civil society and state governments. We hope that this will encourage to people in their tobacco control campaign. Please read more below.] thanks
New Delhi, April. 11 (PTI): Stepping up the tobacoo control initiatives, the Health Ministry has announced 'Tambakoo Virodh Puraskar' in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of tobacco control.
A brainchild of the Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the awards would be announced on the occasion 'World No Tobacco Day' on May 31.
"The awards have been included as an annual feature by the ministry. It is an initiative to encourage people to come forward for tobacco control activities," a health ministry official told PTI.
The award carries a citation and a trophy along with a monetary award of Rs 1 lakh each in four categories -- eligible individuals, institutions, civil society and state governments.
The ministry has formed an award selection committee that will review the nominations.
"The nominees must have a demonstrated record of consistent excellence in tobacco control and should have served as exemplars and role models to others in tobacco control programme. They should have employed innovative, creative approaches to tobacco control and should not have any affiliation with the tobacco industry," the official said. The last date for receipt of nominees is April 20.
In India, tobacco use is estimated to cause 8,00,000 deaths annually and WHO predicts that tobacco deaths in India may exceed 1.5 million annually by 2020.
According to the WHO estimates, 194 million men and 45 million women use tobacco in smoked or smokeless forms in India. The estimate say, tobacco consumption is responsible for half of all the cancers in men and a quarter of all cancers in women.
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