Website offers tips on kicking the butt

CHENNAI:  A multi-faceted educative website to facilitate tobacco control at all levels was launched by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) to commemorate the world ‘No Tobacco Day’. The portal is said to be the first of its kind on tobacco control in India that comprehensively offers training, resources and research with regard to tobacco control. The web portal, titled ‘Centre for Tobacco Control and Health Promotion’ is available on the URL www.ctchp.org.  It was launched under the  aegis of project - Strengthening Tobacco Control Efforts through Innovative Partnership and Strategies. Dr Monika Arora, Head, Tobacco Control and Health Promotion at PHFI, said, “Through this wesite we intend to initiate a domain of discourse around tobacco control and strengthen tobacco control activities.”