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Indian Schools to Have Tobacco Monitors, but Teachers Hooked in a Big Way
The federal Health Ministry is to take up a pilot project in which a minimum of 50 schools in every district in the country will be enrolled.
And each school will be allocated around Rs 8,000 for conducting anti-tobacco activities within the institution.
An official says students are being sensitised in order that they become anti-tobacco ambassadors of the future.
Gujarat schools already have tobacco monitors who are authorised to go through schoolmates' bags for tobacco products.
‘‘We plan to have 30-40 high school students in every school, trained as monitors who will also act as peer educators deterring classmates from consuming tobacco products, both within and outside school premises,'' the official said.
Besides teachers were being trained in anti-tobacco laws and health hazards caused by tobacco consumption, so that they could in turn take the message to students.
Schools were also being asked to start anti-tobacco clubs, on the lines of photography clubs or eco clubs, the official added.
Minister of State for Health Panabaka Lakshmi said the modalities of establishing a Tobacco Regulatory Authority were being worked out. The proposed national programme envisages capacity building of the state in effective implementation of the Tobacco Control Act 2003 and training health workers and school teachers on the ill-effects of tobacco.
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