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Learning session on hazards of smoking
Posted on: 17/May/2013 12:43:46 PM
To educate the people especially those working in corporate companies about the hazards of smoking, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) along with Resource Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Institute organized a learning session for 100 employees from companies. The companies included those from the BPO, IT and manufacturing sectors.
‘By and large, most companies do not allow smoking on their premises, but some employees go outside the compound and smoke… Of late, companies have shown greater interest in creating awareness about what smoking can do to your health. Many companies now want to take initiatives to educate their employees about quitting’, said Member of the Healthcare sub -committee of the CII’s Southern Region Sumanth C. Raman.
Associate Professor at the Cancer Institute E. Vidhubala said, ‘Smoke-free policies should be implemented in companies mainly to protect non-smokers. Recently, we carried out an online survey of employees in around 50 companies. A first look at the data found that several companies assumed that they could have designated smoking areas on their premises. This is banned under the law.’
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