Question

Government has recently taken series of steps to minimise cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing by people as these are injurious to health.
(i) List at least three steps taken by government to aware people about harmful effects of cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing.
​(ii) What is passive smoking?

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.
3. Hoardings and advertisements regarding harmful effects of use of tobacco have been introduced by the government to generate more awareness against ill-effects of smoking.

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