About Smoke Free Delhi

	Smoke Free Delhi means that everyone is protected in Delhi from hazards of tobacco smoke in all enclosed public places
	Vision Ensuring a healthier environment in Delhi, so that everyone can socialise, relax, travel, shop and work free from secondhand smoke.

Second Hand Smoke/ Passive Smoking

Second-hand smoke (SHS): that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking.

Secondhand smoke is the combination of two forms of tobacco smoke namely (a) Side stream smoke - makes up about half of all secondhand smoke...

Key Facts

Tobacco use is the major cause of Death, diseases and disability in the world.

Almost half of the world’s children breathe air,polluted by tobacco smoke.

More than 80% of the world’s smokers live in low and middle-income countries.

In India 5 million child smoke regularly, with 550000 children taking up regular tobacco use every year.

Tobacco causes 1 in 10 deaths among adults worldwide.

Tobacco kills 54 lakh people a year – an average of one death in every six second

Tobacco use will kill half of all users.

It is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world.

100 Million deaths were caused by tobacco in the 20th century. If current trends continue, there will be up to one billion deaths in the 21st century.

Half of all teenagers who are currently smoking will die from diseases caused by tobacco if they continue to smoke.

Tobacco kills 9 lakh people in India every year; 2500 in a day, and 102 persons in every hour.

Legislation
	The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production Supply and Distribution) Act (COTPA) 2003 Provisions under the tobacco control Act

Rights of the Non smokers

The Right to Breath Clean Air
	NONSMOKERS have the right to breathe clean air, free from harmful and irritating tobacco smoke.
The Right to Speak Out
	NONSMOKERS have the right to express their discomfort and adverse reactions to tobacco smoke.

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ILL EFFECTS OF SMOKING

How bad is it for your health??
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body; causing many diseases and reducing the health of smokers in general.

BENEFITS OF GOING
SMOKE FREE

Foreseeable impacts
Cleaner indoor and outdoor air means less asthma attacks and wheeze, avert several cases of heart attacks, SIDS, cancers and many other diseases

Report Violation
Please report any violation at the toll free no.
1800-110-456

Events

# PUBLIC OPINION - Smoke Free Delhi
SMOKEFREE DELHI Opinion Poll on Prohibition of Smoking at Public Places in Delhi (2010) Background: An opinion poll survey has been conducted scientifically during Feb .... [Read More]
# Religious leaders join hands to control the tobacco menace
Religious leaders join hands to control the tobacco menace New Delhi, Friday 21st May 2010: For the first time, various religious leaders gathered under one roo.... [Read More]

Latest News

# Machine To Help Quit Smoking
Two government hospitals and several tobacco cessation clinics in Delhi are soon going to offer a new therapy, based on vibratory acupressure technique, to help smokers q... [Read More]
# Mizoram highest among states in tobacco consumption
The Times of India, Mizoram/ Assam More than 20% Mizo smokers have kicked out the habit in the past one decade, raising hopes that Mizoram will shake off... [Read More]

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