Jharkhand to get WHO award for tobacco control – World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Jharkhand for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022 for making efforts in controlling tobacco consumption.
- Stata Tobacco Control Cell of the Health Department will get the award on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day in New Delhi on May 31st, 2022.
- As per the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)-1 report, the tobacco prevalence rate in the State was 51.1% when NTCP was launched in Jharkhand in 2012, of which 48% were smokeless users.
- The GATS-2 report highlights tobacco users came down to 38.9%in the State, of which 35.4% were smokeless users.
Award for World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) in 2022:
- A maximum of six World No Tobacco Day Awards will be presented to each World Health Organization zone.
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