India’s unique opportunity to reduce harms from Tobacco and ensure food security

India’s unique opportunity to reduce harms from Tobacco and ensure food security Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) comes up with a theme for May 31st, the World No Tobacco Day, to rally public health troops in the fight against the use of risky forms of tobacco products. This year’s theme is “We need food, not tobacco”. If India can invest in nicotine literacy, cessation services with trained healthcare professionals, and widely accessible and affordable nicotine replacement products using a fraction of the homegrown tobacco for nicotine extraction, 300 million Indian tobacco users may well find a sustainable way to quit their risky habit for good. https://ift.tt/S4lTP2h