ALLAHABAD: Concerned over the huge selection of people who smoke in the police drive, the district police government have decided to turn all 39 police stationed in Allahabad as 'no tobacco' zones.
Admitting that around 30 to 40% of policemen in the town have been either hooked on smoking or using other tobacco products, officers said they would to start with appeal police body of workers to surrender smoking or chewing tobacco, gutkha. They would later appeal guests to do the same.
Senior police officers have taken this initiative to inspire younger policemen to forestall consuming tobacco product below the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP).
Moreover, docs associated with NTCP had just lately interacted with policemen on the reserve police traces and apprised them in regards to the ill effects of tobacco on their health.
SP, town, Siddarth instructed TOI “We have first made an appeal to the policemen and if they're nonetheless discovered chewing tobacco or smoking at police stations, then they would be punished."
He further said: "The department has decided to turn make all the police stations into no tobacco zones.”
Admitting that around 30 to 40% of policemen in the town have been either hooked on smoking or using other tobacco products, officers said they would to start with appeal police body of workers to surrender smoking or chewing tobacco, gutkha. They would later appeal guests to do the same.
Senior police officers have taken this initiative to inspire younger policemen to forestall consuming tobacco product below the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP).
Moreover, docs associated with NTCP had just lately interacted with policemen on the reserve police traces and apprised them in regards to the ill effects of tobacco on their health.
SP, town, Siddarth instructed TOI “We have first made an appeal to the policemen and if they're nonetheless discovered chewing tobacco or smoking at police stations, then they would be punished."
He further said: "The department has decided to turn make all the police stations into no tobacco zones.”
Soon, Allahabad police stations to be turned into 'No tobacco'
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April 01, 2018
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