Alcohol Use Curbed In Kerala, Now Doctors Want Tobacco To Go | Read

Within two years of a new alcohol police in Kerala - which allows only 5-stars and govt outlets to sell hard liquor - doctors have demanded a crackdown on tobacco products. Claiming that 40% of cancers in Kerala are tobacco related, a group of leading doctors from various hospitals and health sector have appealed to political parties to include tobacco control measures in their manifestos ahead of the coming assembly elections in the state.