Minister takes on tobacco lobby

  • 17/06/1998

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

Stopping young students in university and school from taking to cigarette smoking and consuming tobacco is perhaps one of the most daunting problem being faced by health and education minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.In a hard hitting attack on the cigarette industry and tobacco manufacturing units Dr Harsh Vardhan said that just because they contribute around Rs 5,300 croe to the exchequer does not mean thay they be given the licence to slowly poison people to death.