Minister of state for Health Governmant of Madhya Pradesh Mr Mahendra Hardia said that the government will ensure support for making public places of Indore Division Smokefree.
Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Health Association with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies will make public places, workplaces and transports of 8 districts smokefree in state of Madhya Pradesh(India) through advocacy and sensitization of law enforcers; stakeholders; capacity building; community mobilization; public awareness; effective enforcement of smokefree provisions of legislation and monitoring and evaluation and thus to establish a replicable model of tobacco control initiative.
The purpose is to ensure the effective implementation of Tobacco Law in rural periphery in addition to semi urban and urban jurisdictions and establish rural-urban smoke-free model. This will build the capacity of law enforcers at the lowest administrative setup, protect the people from harmful effects of secondhand smoke and mobilize the community for sustainable smokefree places and behavioral change.
