adminIndia has 274 million tobacco users and a tobacco use prevalence of 38% in rural areas. Tobacco consumption causes 1 million deaths and costs the health system nearly US$23 billion annually. Tobacco control policies exist but lack proper implementation. It is well established that people with lower incomes and or lower levels of completed education are more likely to smoke. Also people with the low incomes and educational levels are significantly more likely to smoke if they live in rural or remote areas (30%) than big cities (20%).
We present here for you, the Bengali version of the guidelines on tobacco control for Panchayat areas.
