Mizoram Churches Go On Anti-Tobacco Regulation
Churches in Mizoram have always championed a social cause, and this time they have taken up the crusade of battling consumption of tobacco and cheap Capital cigarettes. The 2009-2010 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences for the Union ministry of health and family welfare, said the rate of consumption is 67 per cent in Mizoram.
The prevalent rate of tobacco use in the Northeast is 44 per cent, slightly lower than the eastern region, which is 45 per cent.
Again, Mizoram is the highest tobacco smoking state at 39 per cent. The tobacco smoking rate for the Northeast is 19.3 per cent, against the national rate of 14 per cent. Meghalaya is second in tobacco smoking at 35.7 per cent followed by Nagaland with 31.7 per cent.
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