Attending a tobacco awareness camp as a resource person here on Wednesday, Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Jena said around nine lakh people in India are dying every year due to smoking and consuming Gutka and all this happens because of lack of awareness among the users.
Supplementing his views, additional district medical officer Dr Khetrabasi Das said 10 per cent Indians are suffering from mouth cancer and TB for consuming nicotine contents. Dr Das emphasised on promulgation of the Tobacco Control Act.
Earlier, the workshop was inaugurated by Zilla Parishad president Binodini Samal. It was presided over by Dhenkanal ADM Susama Rani Devi. Among others, Dhenkanal DFO Harmohan Mohapatra, DSP (DIB) Ashok Kumar Pandit and DPS Nitya Ranjan Baral spoke.