Tobacco
Free Work Place Campaign starts in Kumarakom Health Block
The exposure to second hand smoke among adults at any public places is
29 % and at home is 52% (GATS2010) in India.In Kerala, it is 19% in public places and 42% in homes.Household smoking is allowed morethan 56% of homes in Kerala, which means there are
no restrictions for smoking inside the houses.Thegreater part of the smokers
smoke inside the homes and letting their wife and children exposed to
secondhand smoke. An estimated 4,0000 deaths per year occur in Kerala due to
the use tobacco and passive smoking in Kerala.It is in this context that Department of Health
Services of Government of Kerala has
decided to roll out a campaign. Govt. of Kerala has issued guidelines
to conduct campaigns in connection with
tobacco free initiatives 2012-2013 in Kottayam District. Three campaigns are
decided to be conducted in the district in connection with the control of non
communicable diseases. The specific three fold objectives as per the guidelines
given by the DHS are; making the houses tobacco free in 20 Grama Panchayath wards in 20
Grama panchayaths, creating Tobacco free zones in campuses and 100 yards radius
of 100 schools in the district and creating Tobacco free zones in ten work
places having atleast 100 employees in the district. The campaign aims at the cessation of usage of tobacco in the work place,schools &homes and adoption of a work place policy by the Management and the workers
representatives to reduce the risk of passive smoking. We need to undertake
advocacy and sensitization programmes so as to empower the work place to
adopt a
work place policy for making it tobacco free.
The home campaign was started at Malom,ward viii of Manarcadu Panchayath,work place campaign started at MRF campus,Vadavaathoor and the school campaign which started as the first step is going on satisfactorily
Expert talk by Dr.Varghese Abraham P during sensitization workshop at MRF Vadavaathoor with Sibi Augustine Health Supervisor,Kumarakom and Beena Varghese,Health Inspector,Parampuzha
SMOKERS DESTINED TO DIE EARLY KILLS MANY INNOCENT BELOVEDS TOO....................
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