adminTobacco use is a major risk factor associated with Non-Communicable Diseases. To address this issue, the Government of India launched the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) as a new initiative in 2007-08. The component of programme is training of health care workers on harmful effects of tobacco end second hand smoke, provisions under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003, and providing help to tobacco users for quitting tobacco use.
This Health Worker Guide in Bengali of National Tobacco Control Programme provide basic knowledge to sensitize the health workers on tobacco problems in India, health effects of tobacco and second hand smoke, provisions under anti tobacco law and their role in educating the communities to bring down the prevalence of tobacco use and protecting people’s health by helping them quit tobacco use. The guide is written in simple language with focused message to be used by the health care workers at primary level of health care delivery system in West Bengal.
