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"The increase in taxes of tobacco products is the need of the hour. It will substantially alter the behavioural pattern of young people towards tobacco consumption by making it unaffordable,"  Dr Anandjeet Goswami, professor and policy expert said on the occasion.    Lack of sufficient taxation on tobacco products as per the WHO FCTC norms, of which India is a signatory, is not just harming young lives but is also draining away valuable revenue of country which could be put to greater social good. Talking in the National Youth Conclave (NYC) of Nada Young India Network (NYIN) held in Delhi today academicians, health experts and youth leaders called on the government and policy makers to pass COTPA amendment 2020 urgently with stringent provisions and also raise excise on tobacco products in the upcoming Budget of the Union Government.  Dr. Mehak Segan, public health expert called on the government to save young lives by increasing the legal age of drinking and by cur...

  International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2021 -Akshay Sharma International Day Against Drug Abuse 2021 is observed to raise awareness among people about the dangerous effects of drugs and also, it's illicit trafficking. This special day is celebrated to make one another aware of the dangers of consuming drugs and also making an effort to free people from this harmful addiction. On the account of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26th June 2021 organised by Ms Suhita Dugar, Chief Minister’s Good Governance associate, Jind and Haryana Police - Jind to promote wellbeing amongst the students in colleges and schools and aware the youth regarding the path of destruction one falls into if he or she chooses drugs as a companion in life! The webinar was attended by very influential and learned individuals, providing an experience of not only stories but the pain our community and nation has suffered due to the people who lost the war again...

The saying goes that “quitters never win,” but in the case of tobacco, quitters are the real winners. Nada India Foundation is trying to help tobacco users quit by providing the support, services, and policies that enable people to quit. Big Tobacco marketing campaigns by Philip Morris, British American, Japan Tobacco, etc. make it even more challenging for smokers to quit. In our efforts, we urge policymakers to ban all Tobacco Marketing and to adopt policies to discourage tobacco use. We believe that cigarette ads seek to sell more and foster an acceptance in people's minds that smoking is natural. What the ads are showing is important. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the countries with a total ban on tobacco advertising report a seven percent drop in the consumption of tobacco products. The COVID19 pandemic has encouraged millions of tobacco users to say they want to quit. There has never been a better time to quit tobacco, and our commitment to helping t...

This article comes from Guidepoints News from NADA  Spring 2021  Issue.  Suneel Vatsyayan:  Year 2020 is important for Nada India for two reasons. First, this was the year Nada India completed 20 years of its existence. It was Dr. Michael O. Smith who introduced me to the word nada, a Spanish word meaning nothing. In Hindi, nada means primordial sound. During his numerous visits to India, we discussed how a patient is smarter than a therapist, and a virus is smarter than the vaccine, and students are smarter than the teacher – they all change faster than our interventions. This causes a gap and increases the service barriers. Thus, the policy and program focus needs to shift from disease control and management to primordial prevention and wellbeing. And so, Dr. Smith invited me to set up Nada India Foundation to promote barrier-free drug rehabilitation services and community wellness for behavioral health. Secondly, 2020 was the year of the Covid-19 pandemic that hel...

  "Notice the gaps in the society: when a parent fails to take protective care of their child, then the Big companies intervene to fill the void, so it is not the question of the parent but how industries are making use of the opportunity by filling the void in the society" Mr. Vatsyayan Chairperson, Nada India   was invited as a resource person by the LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensics science on 16-March-21 to conduct a session on Substance use among Street Children. He emphasized on monitoring of tobacco and alcohol availability around children and effective implementation of tobacco laws (COTPA 2003 and  Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (hereafter, JJ Act) . The webinar saw various participants from the field of Judiciary  and Railway Protection Force from different states like Punjab ,Rajasthan,UP Uttarakhand, Maharashtra (Mumbai), West Bengal.  More 22 people like them in police and Judiciary fro...

Nada India Foundation as Governing Board member of Health India Alliance supported and  signed the  statement by PLWNCDs including the Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance).  The statement was  submitted  to MoHFW, UNDP India and WHO Country Office for India.   A statement by PLWNCDs including the Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance) PLWNCDs need special attention India has reported 785996 active cases as of COVID-19 with 65288 deaths and 2839882 recoveries (September 1, 2020; MoHFW website). Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and co-morbidities, specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, hypertension and diabetes are major risk factors for developing severe manifestations of COVID-19.  As per data available on the website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW, GoI), more than 70% of deaths from COVID-19 are due to co-morbidities. The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread health ...

Delhi 02 Feb – On World Cancer Day, countries, the World Health Organization and civil society – including Nada India – are joining forces to raise awareness of the global cancer burden and take further steps to better prevent and reduce cancer. The need to step up cancer prevention and control around the world is immense. For instance, the WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. [The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new cases will occur in low- and middle-income countries, where survival rates are currently lowest.] After tobacco (18%), alcohol is the second biggest cause of cancer – long before other risk factors such as infections (3%), physical inactivity, or sunlight. ”The fact that alcohol is a carcinogen has been clearly confirmed,” says [Insert name and organization]. “In fact, science knows since the 1980s that alcohol causes cancer. But we are concerned because public awareness and policy ...

  Approximately 22% college students skip their breakfast and 80% habitually take snacks at least once a day.  *Dr. Atul Pratap Singh India needs solutions to several challenges that have damaged overall health and wellbeing of the people. These challenges are related to health, harmful effects of unhealthy food advertisements and eating habits, impurity of air, water and soil and vulnerability of regions to climate change. Human health and climate change should be an integral part of sustainability practices in the universities and college campuses as the youth may become the ambassador of change and development. Hence, we need to focus towards incorporating health, specifically health related to eating habits and eco-friendly environment into the sustainability movement taking place in higher educational institutions.  It is expected that universities and college will take initiatives, become front liners and set the goals for environmental sustainability to launch ...