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11 chief
ministers pledge support against tobacco
Tuesday July 19, 2011 07:50:08 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Chief
ministers of 11 states, on persuasion of patients of oral cancer,
have pledged their support to ban against tobacco products, a
statement said Tuesday.
According to the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), the
chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Gujarat, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan
and Uttarakhand signed the pledge.
"The victims of oral cancer along with oncologists met their
respective chief ministers and urged them to protect the people of
their states from the harmful effects of tobacco products by
implementing stringent pictorial warnings on chewing tobacco
products and stopping sale of such products near educational
institutions," the statement said.
The chief ministers in return assured the victims of their
commitment by signing a pledge calling for a ban on gutka and
khaini products.
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