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Jagdish Kaur1, D C Jain

  • 1Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, India. jagdish.kaur@nic.in

Indian Journal of Public Health
|November 18, 2011
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India faces a significant public health challenge with 275 million adult tobacco users. While government initiatives and legislation exist, effective tobacco control implementation remains a challenge due to sub-national prioritization issues.

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