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Noida, October 27, 2017: ‘District Tobacco Cell’ and ‘I can win foundation’ organized a ‘Tobacco sensitization workshop’ today for school principals and councillors of Noida and Greater Noida. The workshop was graced by the presence of Sh. B N Singh, District Magistrate, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Dr. Anurag Bhargava, Chief Medical Officer, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Mr. Manish Trivedi, COO, Jaypee Hospital and Dr. Pawan Gupta, Additional Director, Surgical Oncology, Jaypee Hospital, Noida.
Jaypee Hospital in colloboaration with‘District Tobacco Cell’ and ‘I can win foundation’ organised a ‘Tobacco sensitization workshop’ for school principles and councillors of Noida & Greater Noida
The objective of the workshop was to enlighten participants around tobacco consumption and how the youth can be prevented by deadly diseases caused by consumption of it with the combined efforts of schools, hospital and public administration. School is a place where students learn and grow. Hence, with the help of teachers, the message can be spread widely and the mission can be carried out more effectively.
According to a report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), tobacco accounts for about 30 percent of all cancers in men and women in India. Mouth cancer is most common among men followed by lung cancer. Tobacco-related cancer accounts for about 42 percent of all male deaths due to cancer and 18.3 percent of all female deaths.
Mr. Manish Trivedi, COO, Jaypee Hospital said, “We are thankful to the schools that are coming forward and taking part in this noble initiative and saving our youngsters from this serious addiction. As a part of our social responsibility, we also organize oral cancer screening camps in schools and societies. We are pleased to help schools for this win over tobacco initiative and help build a healthy nation.”
On the occasion, Dr. Pawan Gupta, Additional Director, Surgical Oncology, Jaypee Hospital said, “Tobacco is one of the major causes of cancer. In this disease not only the patient suffers but the whole family is suffered. There are other sources of cancer as well which are not in our control but quitting tobacco is purely in our hands and with proper counselling and guidance we can overcome this problem.
“It has been observed that Social acceptance, increased stress level, western life style and easy availability of cigarettes etc are some of the major reasons why youngsters are becoming vulnerable to this habit. Smoking at an early age increases the risk of various forms of cancers especially mouth and lung cancers,” Dr. Pawan Gupta added.
Sh. B N Singh, District Magistrate, Gautam Buddha Nagar said, “In India, though we are focusing on creating awareness but we lack in emphasizing on the enforcement of the government schemes. Tobacco consumption by the youngsters is destroying the future of our country. We should make sure that the schemes which are made for the betterment of the society should be enforced effectively. Schools should make an in house cell to monitor such activities. We are very positive to help the schools for this initiative and will provide our full support for this.
Dr. Anurag Bhargava, Chief Medical Officer, Gautam Buddha Nagar, said, “Spreading awareness around anti-tobacco is a good step in saving our country’s future. I request all the representatives and principals of the schools to take this message and spread it in your schools and societies for enforcement. District hospital and National Tobacco Control Program is organizing many activities to stop the consumption of tobacco. I would request the school representatives to get the psychometric tests done for their students who are addicted to tobacco.”
