Awareness rally on ill-effects of tobacco taken out

To create awareness on the ill-effects of using tobacco, a rally was taken out by students of Kongu Engineering College in the city on Friday.

Jointly organised by the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department and the college, T. Kalaivani, Designated Officer flagged off the rally near District Government Headquarters Hospital that passed through Perundurai Road before culminating at Collectorate.

Students, numbering over 170, held placards that highlighted the menace of using tobacco and adverse effects of tobacco.

They said that leading a healthy life without tobacco is important for the family and the society and called upon the public to keep themselves away from tobacco.

Participants also raised slogans on the harmful effects of tobacco and called for united struggle against tobacco.

In recent times, the Food Safety Department and the District Police officers are carrying out raids at shops selling the banned tobacco items.

Huge quantities of tobacco were also seized from a godown.