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Two Indians getting award for tobacco control by WHO

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Two Indians getting special award from WHO for their contribution to the control of tobacco consumption. One is doctor and other is a health activist

Both are Mumbai based and both of them have been given the Director-General’s Special Recognition Certificate. Shastri is the head of the department of preventive oncology at Mumbai Tata Memorial Hospital and another one is Ramakant is the member of National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), it’s a non profit organization working against tobacco use.

Last year, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss was the recipient of this award. Tobacco is one of the major reasons of deaths worldwide and millions of people die due to tobacco related disease like cancer, and cardiovascular problems. A report said 100 million Indians smoke unfiltered cigarettes.



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