India has finally ban smoking at public places. The Indian initiative comes soon after one of the richest men in the world and a former Mayor of New York city came together in a laudable initiative to help anti-smoking campaigns in the world, especially in the developing countries which are being aggressively courted by tobacco companies. Please click here to read more.
Tobacco consumption is on the rise in India and China and they are both in the focus of this initiative. Incidentally, following aggressive anti-tobacco campaigns, as well as increasing awareness about the ill-effects of smoking on the health of the society and individuals that comprise it, tobacco consumption is on the decline in the USA and in some other high-income countries.
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