Budgam : A daylong awareness camp on World Anti-Tobacco day was on Wednesday organized by District Hub for Empowerment of Women (DHEW) Budgam at Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Chadoora Budgam under the banner of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The programme was held with an aim to promote the awareness about the risk related to the consumption of tobacco and its product, and its ill effects on the family, society and environment.
Speakers from DHEW said that Tobacco use and its consumption is one of the leading causes of many types of cancer, like lungs, larynx mouth, esophagus, throat, bladder, kidney, liver, stomach, pancreas, colon and cervix, as well as acute myeloid leukemia.
It is estimated that over 1 crore people are killed every year due to the consumption of tobacco. Tobacco not only affects the health but also impacts the environment badly in many ways.
This year, 2023, the World No Tobacco Day Theme is “We need food, not tobacco”, intends to get tobacco producers to adopt sustainable and nutritious crops by providing awareness concerning marketing options and production alternatives. In addition, the theme focuses on exposing the efforts of the tobacco industry’s sabotage initiatives to replace tobacco with sustainable crops, leading to the global food crisis.
The participants also took pledge against the use of Tobacco and promised that they will act as leaders of the society to curb the menace of Tobacco abuse
The programme was attended by Headmistress, Teachers of Govt Higher Secondary School Zoohama Chadoora Budgam, Students, DHEW staff, Social Workers of Special Cell for Women Staff.
