College Awareness Program
on
Harmful Effects of Smoking and other Tobacco Products Consumption
By
The District Tobacco Control Cell
NEFTU, Aalo, West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh
4th March, 2023.
The District Tobacco Control Cell along with North East Frontier Technical University organized an awareness program on Harmful Effects of Smoking and other Tobacco Products Consumption on the 4th of March, 2023 with an aim to eradicate the use of tobacco among the youth. Through this program, the University aimed to spread consciousness against tobacco usage. The chief Spokesperson Dr. Obang Mize, Psychiatrist and a Social Worker Mobilizer stated Tobacco consumption as the Biggest Epidemic. She focused upon the legal regulations and prohibitions, medical therapies, prohibition-violation-punishment of tobacco consumption. She also suggested that the educational institutes should display bi-lingual anti tobacco consumption pamphlets for raising an awareness within the students. The students, teaching and non-teaching college staff attended the program and attentively paid heed to the precautionary practices to as advised by the team. Also, to conclude, the District Tobacco Control Cell promised to give full support to the University administration to make this campaign successful and eradicate tobacco addiction within the young generation.