Ten years of India´s National Tobacco Control Programme: achievements, challenges and the way forward

Background and challenges to implementation In India, more than 275 million adults use tobacco, which kills 1.2 million of these every year. More than one-quarter of India´s youth begin tobacco use before they are 16 years old and 85% of all users begin before they are 18, the legal age of tobacco...

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Main Authors: Ashish Kumar Pandey, Rana J Singh, Pranay Lal, Balasubramanian Gopalan, G K Tripathi, R Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Ten-years-of-India-s-National-Tobacco-Control-Programme-achievements-challenges-and,84485,0,2.html