Mar 5, 2020
Workshop on tobacco menace held
For effective implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003, health department organised a day-long state level workshop at new circuit house.
Police, transport, labour, food and drug administration, urban administration and development department, medical and dental college officers from 13 districts participated in the workshop. They were sensitised on the cigarettes, other tobacco products, its side effects and modes to control it, and existing laws to deal with the problem.
Food and drug Controller S.N. Rathore said tobacco consumption causes more harm to body for which social awareness is needed along with effective implementation of COTPA and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) norms. There is need for inter departmental coordination for reduction in consumption of tobacco.
National Tobacco Control Programme state nodal officer Dr Kamlesh Jain said instead of working as officer, need is to work as a social worker to fight the menace. Along with creating awareness there is a need for stern implementation of provisions of laws, he added.
Tobacco has around 4000 types of chemicals out of which 200 causing harm have been found through research while it causes 60 different types of cancer.
Advocate Ranjeet Singh from New Delhi and Anant Christian from Gujarat spoke on details of COTPA 2003. Officers from Bijapur, Balod, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Bemetara, Dantewada, Janjgir-Champa, Kawardha, Kondagaon, Koriya, Narayanpur, Raigarh, Sukma and Surajpur also participated.
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