conspicuous as to size and colour Section 9: Language in which the specified warning shall be expressed New pictorial warnings w.e.f April 2016 For chewing or smokeless forms of tobacco packages New pictorial warnings For smoking forms of tobacco packs Justification for NTCP-India Complexity of Tobacco use in India Complexity of Stakeholders and multi-sector involvement TC requires multi-sectoral approach involving various stakeholders Need to identify various strategies for different sectors / stakeholders for effective TC NTCP acting as Central Programme will: - help sensitize all sectors and stakeholders - increase awareness generation among youth and adults - help raising policy and legislation issues - help implementation of related public health and legislative issues of tobacco control at state Tobacco is a public health problem in India and like other need a national level programme to provide guidance to the states FCTC obligations Goals of NTCP-India Prevent initiation among youth and adults Promote quitting among adults and youth Eliminate exposure to tobacco smoke(SHS) Reduce demand by IEC campaigns, ban on TAPS, and pack warnings Reduce Supply by restricting access to minors And thereby : Reduce tobacco related morbidity and mortality National Tobacco Control Program Central Government Level Set up the National Tobacco Regulatory Authority for effective enforcement and monitoring State and District Government Level Launch pilot of the State and District Tobacco Control Program Establish State and District Tobacco Control Cells (STCC and DTCC)

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Smokers in the study, who were over the age of 40 and under the age of 80, lost on average about 12 to 13 years from their lives compared to never-smokers
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The subjects were evaluated and tissue samples obtained in the Weill Cornell NIH General Clinical Research Center and the Department of Genetic Medicine Clinical Research Facility under an Institutional Review Board- approved clinical protocol
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