NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMME

Education, health ministries issue advisory on implementing anti-tobacco manual

"It draws attention to the findings of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), 2019, which revealed that 8.5 per cent of school students aged 13 to 15 in India consume tobacco in various forms. Of particular concern is the fact that over 5,500 children in India begin using tobacco every day," an official statement said.