Ten new tobacco cessation clinics at district-level hospitals in places including Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem and Dindigul will be launched soon.
These clinics will have a doctor and a staff nurse, and offer both counselling and pharmacological options to those who are attempting to stop tobacco use.
A proposal for the setting up of these clinics has been sent to the Central government and once sanction is given, work will begin on setting them up.