Patiala, July 9 - To implement the National Tobacco Control Program in a more effective manner in the district, the members of the District Level Coordination Committee under the leadership of Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Madam Kanchan held a meeting at the District Administrative Complex.
On this occasion, Civil Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Goyal, District Family Welfare Officer Dr. SJ Singh and District Nodal Officer cum Assistant Health Officer Dr. Kushaldeep Gill, District Immunization Officer Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, DDHO Dr. Sunanda and all senior medical officers and various Officials of the departments were present. During the meeting, the Additional Deputy Commissioner said that under the National Tobacco Control Program in the district, an awareness campaign should be conducted to make the people of the district aware of the diseases caused by the consumption of tobacco products and the violators of the Tobacco Control Act should be met with the police department. be invoiced by
He said that in order to make maximum number of villages tobacco-free, resolutions should be passed by meeting of village councils and for this purpose maximum cooperation should be taken from Panchayati Raj institutions and social service organizations. He said that in order to make the National Tobacco Control Program a success, all the departments should make the general public aware about the ill effects of tobacco products, so awareness camps should be organized.