World No Tobacco Day celebrated at DMC&H

On the occasion of "World No Tobacco Day – 31st May 2025", the Department of Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMC&H), Ludhiana, organized and commemorated an event today. The event was conducted under the directions of the National Medical Commission (NMC), with DMC&H being a part of the ‘Consortium of Medical Colleges for a Tobacco-Free India’—an initiative led by the Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (RCTC), PGIMER, Chandigarh, Punjab.

Sh Bipin Gupta, Secretary, DMC&H Managing Society, lauded the efforts of Department of Community Medicine to conduct this awareness session.

Dr GS Wander, Principal DMC&H conveyed the message to students to commit themselves for working towards tobacco free Campus & Hospital. Dr Sandeep Kaushal, Dean Academics administered the pledge to Medical students to abstain from all forms of tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, heated tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and shisha & encouraging others to quit and staying away from secondhand smoke.

On this occasion, Dr Anurag Chaudhary, Professor & Head, department of Community Medicine, elaborated on this year World No Tobacco day Theme “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products.” She explained how the tobacco companies are luring children and students into addiction.

A series of awareness Session were done at Rural Health Centre, Pohir and Urban Health Centre, Shimlapuri by Post Graduate residents of the department. The students of Batch - 2022 delivered a powerful message to non teaching staff in the hospital and attendants sitting in the waiting area by enacting a skit emphasizing on prevention of increasing trends on vaping in Young students in Schools & Colleges.