Doctors and health experts in Karnataka believe that the only way to lower tobacco use is to ensure that there’s a blanket ban on all types of tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorship in the state. This ties in with the theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day campaign ‘Ban tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorship’. Addressing a press conference Upendra Bhojani faculty at the Institute of Public Health demanded that the state rigorously enforce the ban. According to WHO the tobacco industry spends billions around the year in advertising promotion and sponsorship. In countries like ours where direct advertising is
