
Even as the calls for banning tobacco is steadily rising across the country, the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi said that such a step would be disastrous for farmers and a phased withdrawal is a better option.
The statement comes on the back of a new study conducted by the Tata Memorial Hospital, in association with Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health and University of California, which revealed that a higher percentage of children preferred chewing tobacco instead of smoking cigarettes.
While a number of leading health experts have backed the calls for banning tobacco, Trivedi said that such a move was not practical since it would destroy the livelihood of the farmers who cultivate the tobacco crop.
Source: Medindia
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