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Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi : Tobacco-related illness is one of the biggest public health threats in India but the central government tobacco control programe is under controversy.Government is providing the monetary assistance to poor cancer patients while these patients are the users of Gutkha and others tobacco products.
As per World Health Organisation report approximately one person dies from a tobacco-linked disease every sixth second, equivalent to almost 6 million people a year. There’s forecast to rise to more than 8 million people a year by 2030, with more than 80% of these preventable deaths occurring among people living in low-and middle-income countries.
The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) entered into force in 2005. Parties are obliged over time to take a number of steps to reduce demand and supply for tobacco products including: protecting people from exposure to tobacco smoke, counteracting illicit trade, banning advertising, promotion and sponsorship, banning sales to minors, putting large health warnings on packages of tobacco, increasing tobacco taxes and creating a national coordinating mechanism for tobacco control. There are 180 Parties to the Convention.
According to Dr.Pankaj Chaturvedi of TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL there are about 7,00,000 new cases of cancers every year in India out of which tobacco related cancer are about 3,00,000, cancer of uteri are 1,00,000 and 80,000 breast cancer. Cost of treatment of oral cancer is about 3.5 lakh.
Ministery of health and family welfare started a scheme in 2008 to provide the financial assistance to cancer patients. The Scheme outlay for the Cancer Patient Fund and its share of Rs.100.00 crores would remain within the approved Plan allocation for National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) as mandated in the 11 th Five Year Plan i.e. Rs.2400.00 crores. The financial assistance to the poor class Cancer Patients up to Rs.1,00,000/ (Rs. One lakh only), would be processed by the concerned Institute /Hospitals on whose disposal, the revolving fund has been placed.
New Delhi : Tobacco-related illness is one of the biggest public health threats in India but the central government tobacco control programe is under controversy.Government is providing the monetary assistance to poor cancer patients while these patients are the users of Gutkha and others tobacco products.
As per World Health Organisation report approximately one person dies from a tobacco-linked disease every sixth second, equivalent to almost 6 million people a year. There’s forecast to rise to more than 8 million people a year by 2030, with more than 80% of these preventable deaths occurring among people living in low-and middle-income countries.
The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) entered into force in 2005. Parties are obliged over time to take a number of steps to reduce demand and supply for tobacco products including: protecting people from exposure to tobacco smoke, counteracting illicit trade, banning advertising, promotion and sponsorship, banning sales to minors, putting large health warnings on packages of tobacco, increasing tobacco taxes and creating a national coordinating mechanism for tobacco control. There are 180 Parties to the Convention.
According to Dr.Pankaj Chaturvedi of TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL there are about 7,00,000 new cases of cancers every year in India out of which tobacco related cancer are about 3,00,000, cancer of uteri are 1,00,000 and 80,000 breast cancer. Cost of treatment of oral cancer is about 3.5 lakh.
Ministery of health and family welfare started a scheme in 2008 to provide the financial assistance to cancer patients. The Scheme outlay for the Cancer Patient Fund and its share of Rs.100.00 crores would remain within the approved Plan allocation for National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) as mandated in the 11 th Five Year Plan i.e. Rs.2400.00 crores. The financial assistance to the poor class Cancer Patients up to Rs.1,00,000/ (Rs. One lakh only), would be processed by the concerned Institute /Hospitals on whose disposal, the revolving fund has been placed.