India, Aug. 20 -- As per the findings of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4), 2019, 8.4% Indian students aged 13-15 years were using tobacco in some form or the other. Findings of the survey available in the public domain at https://ntcp.mohfw.gov.in/assets/document/surveys-reportspublications/GYTS%204%20Final%20Report.pdf.
The Government has taken several measures to curb the prevalence of tobacco use among youth and make schools to tobacco free. Some of the key measures taken are given below:
Government had released Guidelines for Tobacco-Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI) in 2008 and same was updated in 2019. It provides a structured guideline to make schools and colleges completely free from tobacco use and sale.
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