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Upendra Bhojani

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Prevent tobacco lobby interference

Tobacco use remains a major public health challenge in India accounting for over 13 lakh premature adult deaths a year. Many more suffer from myriad diseases. The annual cost of tobacco attributable diseases among adults in India for the year 2011 was estimated to be a whopping 1,04,500 crores. That accounted for 1.16% of India’s GDP and far exceeded the governments’ expenditure on health as well as the total excise collected from tobacco that year.

12 August 2020, 19:19 IST

Prevent tobacco lobby interference

Prevent tobacco lobby interference

Prevent tobacco lobby interference

12 August 2020, 19:19 IST