Question

Government has recently taken series of steps to minimise cigarette smoking and tabacco chewing by people as these are injurious to health.
(i) List at least one step taken by government to aware people about harmful effects of cigarette smoking and tabacco chewing.
(ii) What is passive smoking?
(iii) List at least one chronic disease that occurs due to continuous use of tobacco.

Answer 1

(i) The government of India has taken the following measures to minimise cigarette smoking and tobacco-chewing:
1. Cigarette packs have been labelled with a statutory warning “ smoking is injurious to health.”
2. The Indian government has also created no smoking zones.

(ii) Passive smoking refers to the unintended inhalation of cigarette smoke by a non-smoker person.

(iii) Continuous use of tobacco can lead to certain types of cancers such as throat cancer and lung cancer.