CHENNAI: As part of observing “world no tobacco day’ today, the city government general hospital organized a ‘human chain’, which was formed by doctors, nurses, medical and nursing students and workers in front of Madras Medical College.

From human chains to placards the underlying message was use of tobacco in any form was injurious to health and should be stopped. The theme this year was ‘Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)’. “Tobacco kills one in 10 adults worldwide and one person every six seconds.”
While the number of smokers has dipped in the developed nation, 80 per cent of the smokers live in underdeveloped countries like India,” Dr Chandra Mohan, Rajiv Gandhi General hospital noted.
“One cigarette contains 4,000 chemicals, of which at least 50 cause cancer,” he added. A WHO survey suggests that tobacco kills half of its users. It is the second leading cause of death in the world after hypertension. Worldwide, the annual death toll caused by tobacco is 50 lash, which might rise to 80 lash by 2030 the report says.
(Source: The Hindu)