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| 600 students rally in Udhampur against smoking | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
UDHAMPUR, MAY 30 (INFO)- Over six hundred students drawn from various government educational institutions of the town carrying banners and placards on ill effects of tobacco and its products like “Say No to Tobacco”, “Smoking Causes Cancer”, “Smoking is injurious to health”, “Avoid Smoking Save Planet” , “Smoking habit invites untimely death” etc. marched through the main locations of Udhampur town and finally culminated at D.C. office complex, here today.
The District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Ajay Khajuria formally flagged off the rally from the premises of Government Higher Secondary School, Udhampur on the eve of Anti-Tobacco Day.
The rally was organized with the collaborated efforts of Chief Education Officer, Assistant Controller, Drugs, Rotary Club and District Information Centre, Udhampur under the over all supervision of DDC.
Chief Education Officer, V.R. Sharma, Assistant Controller Drugs, Munish Gupta, President Rotary Club, Udhampur, P.L. Sharma, Principal Boys HSS Udhampur and teachers participated in the rally.
Addressing the rally, the DDC complimented the organizers for holding this event on the eve Anti-Tobacco Day for the awareness of school children and masses in general. Giving the striking figures on the ill effects of tobacco usage, Mr. Khajuria said that the health of millions of people around the globe was associated with this day. He said that over 54 Lac people die untimely due to smoking in the world every year with one death in nearly six seconds. Smoking reduces life expectancy by 10 years, the DDC informed the rally.
In India, the DDC apprised that over 09 Lac people having smoking habits die prematurely every year registering one death out of 10 deaths due to tobacco use on an average. Highlighting the relevance of the day, he called upon the younger generation to come forward and act as an ambassador of anti-tobacco campaign. He asked the children to motivate their elders habitual of smoking to stop smoking forthwith to lead a healthy and long life.
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