Community Radio campaigner and founder member, NMYS, Md Imran Ali’s anti-tobacco talk was aired on 54 community radio stations covering 19 States on the World No Tobacco Day.
The theme of the talk was "Tobacco-free childhood." Awareness was made on pre-cancer lessons, anti tobacco legislation and the concept of tobacco free schools.
Through this radio programme, villages in different parts of the country, including the States like Odisha, Jharkhand, Utter Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana etc were reached with the appeal of keeping the children away from tobacco stuff. Joint secretary, Community Radio Association, India Biswajeet Padhi described the pan India anti tobacco awareness campaign as historic.