Say No to Smoke & Yes To Healthy Life

No Smoking Day is observed every year on the second Wednesday of March, to encourage people over the world to quit smoking. No Smoking Day, 2020 is being celebrated on March 11, but you can quit smoking on any day of the year. The main purpose of this day is to spread awareness about the harmful health effects of tobacco consumption through the cigarette and other modes. An important message is to help smokers to get rid of the bad habit of smoking.

Biotechno Labs Request you to Please avoid Smoking. It is killing you !!

Smoking or chewing tobacco is one of the worst habits one can adopt. The health risks are known to all but still thousands of youth, between 12 to 17 years of age, start smoking each day. Some start it out of curiosity and others might just want to look like grownups.

The effect of smoking starts with coughing and throat irritation accompanied by bad breath and bad-smelling clothes. It also leads to patchy skin and discoloration of teeth.

Over time, more serious conditions may develop, including health problems like heart disease, bronchitis, pneumonia, stroke, and many types of cancer, out of which, oral cancer is quite common.

Smoking is one of the biggest preventable causes of premature death. It is one of the main causes of serious and often fatal conditions, including heart disease and lung cancer. No matter what your age is or how long you’ve been smoking, your health benefits will begin as soon as you quit.

In order to quit smoking, firstly you need to be firm that you want to quit smoking. Once decided, do not be lured by others. It is very hard to quit smoking; after all, the nicotine in cigarettes is a powerfully addictive drug. But with the right approach, you can do it. You’ll need a lot of patience and, yes, willpower to quit this habit. It won’t go in a day and it will gradually improve.

Government Initiatives:
The Government of India enacted various legislations and comprehensive tobacco control measures.
1. It enacted the Cigarettes Act (Regulation of Production, Supply, and Distribution) in 1975. The statutory warning “cigarette smoking is injurious to health” was mandatorily displayed on all cigarette packages, cartons, and advertisements of cigarettes.
2. India adopted the WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) and passed the “Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce Production, Supply and Distribution)” Act in 2003.
3. The National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India in 2007- 08 to bring about greater awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco use and about the Tobacco Control Laws and to facilitate effective implementation of the Tobacco Control Laws. (COTPA 2003)
4. The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Second Amendment Rules, 2018 includes textual health warning “TOBACCO CAUSES CANCER” and two images of health warning and the words “QUIT TODAY CALL 1800-11-2356” on packets of tobacco products.