Declaring schools tobacco free: protecting young generation to save Nation (multipronged coordinated interventions to declare 3517 schools tobacco free in Jharkhand state in India)

Background and challenges to implementation Tobacco Industry (TI) aggressively targets young children and adolescents as new recruits. The early age of initiation for TI assures tobacco usage for longer period. As per GATS 2010, of all ever daily tobacco users (age 20-34), almost 60% initiate tobac...

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Main Authors: Manish Ranjan, Ashish Pandey, Deepak Kumar Mishra
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/Declaring-schools-tobacco-free-protecting-young-generation-to-save-Nation-multipronged,84592,0,2.html