Need for cessation clinics in India

It has been rightly pointed out in the world conference on tobacco or health which is being held in mumbai, that it is high time India has an adequate set of cessation clinics in place to help smokers get rid of their smoking habits.
Do you think as these clinics come up, a rigorous anti-tobacco campaign needs to begin simultaneously so that people feel the need to get rid of this habit and are easliy persuaded to come to these clinics for the same.what do you think?

Global Youth Leaders Meet to Voice Concern on Tobacco

To complement the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (14-WCTOH), a two day Youth workshop: Global Youth Meet on Tobacco Control (GYM, 2009) is being held on March 6 and 7, 2009 in Mumbai. Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF) in collaboration with HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) is organizing this Youth Conference in Mumbai.

About 140 delegates (youth and adult chaperones) from 27 countries and 7 states of India are participating in GYM-2009. Together with adult facilitators, young people are meeting as a group and deliberating on issues related to tobacco control that will directly affect their present and future health.

The two themes during GYM, 2009 will be ‘Promoting smoke-free environments’ and ‘Ban on Tobacco Advertisement and Promotion’

The overall workshop would introduce participants to 8 themes which are relevant to tobacco control and youth under FCTC:

 Protection from tobacco smoke
 Raising of taxes on all tobacco products
 Mass media interventions
 Reducing the availability of tobacco products
 Tobacco packaging, labeling and Health warnings
 Prohibiting Tobacco marketing and Promotion
 Cessation programmes and initiative
 School based initiatives