Question

Government has recently taken series of steps to minimise cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing by peopole these are injurous to health.
(i) List at least three steps taken by government to aware people about harmful effects of cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing.
(ii) What is passive smoking?
(iii) List at least one chronic disease that occurs due to continuous use of tobacco.

Answer 1

(i) Three stesp taken by Indian Government to curb menace of smoking are the following:
(a) Each cigarette pack has a label smoking is injurious of health.
(b) Creation of no smoking zones in the cities. (Smoking at public has been declared a cognizant offence).
(c) Putting up hoarding at public places and advertisement clippings in cinema halls about harmful effects of use of tobacco.
(ii) Passive smoking means inhalation of tobacco smoke released by smokers by non-smokers.
(iii) Cancer (oral cancer/ lung cancer).