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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Mizoram spends Rs 70 cr on tobacco annually

Mizoram Chief Secretary and chairman of the state Tobacco Control Society Vanhela Pachuau on Thursday said that Mizoram spent around Rs 70 crore on tobacco products per annum. Pachuau, addressing a press conference, based his calculation on the basis of the study conducted by the Presbyterian Church in 2004 which said that 77 per cent of the church's over five lakh members in the state consumed tobacco products and spent around Rs Nine lakh per day.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Tobacco use decreases in Mizoram; the state still ranked second in the country.

https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/tobacco-use-decreses-in-mizoram-the-state-still-ranked-second-in-the-country/

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