Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The report of the state health department has revealed that four per cent children chew tobacco at school level. What is more, tobacco is the root cause of cancer in about 54.9 percent males and 17.7 per cent females in the state, as per an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) report.

Union health ministry studies indicate that consumption of tobacco among the youths is increasingrapidly,leading to experimenting with other forms of substance abuse on the school/college premises.

The studies revealed that 8.5 per cent of Indian studentsaged 13–15 years were using tobacco in some form.

Even more alarming is the fact that over 5,500 children in the country start using tobacco every day. Tobacco use isoften the gateway to more dangerous substances. Most adult

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