Q3..G.B. Institute recently organised a 'No …

No Tobacco Workshop by Nandita Das New Delhi 2 June 20XX “Most people start smoking at the age of fifteen. About 8-9 lakh people die of tobacco use every year”, said Mrs Kanchan Ghosh, CHO, Pratap Institute. She presided over the ‘No Tobacco’ Workshop as the Chief Guest. The workshop was held at G.B. Institute under the aegis of Anti-tobacco Cell of Delhi Government. Pictures, posters and cartoons depicting the harmful effects of smoking were displayed all along the corridors of the Institute. A skit, directed by Som Dutta, eminent theatre personality, was presented to highlight the miserable plight of tobacco addicts. A panel of experts from the renowned medical institutes of Delhi gave an illuminating discourse on the diseases caused by tobacco consumption, measures taken by the government to check the menace and the proposed ban on films glamorising smoking. A documentary film was also screened showing the plight of patients dying of throat and lung cancer.