Call to make Mysuru Dasara ‘Tobacco-free’
The Anti-Tobacco Forum in Mysuru is campaigning to make the 2026 Dasara festival 'tobacco-free' to protect public health and maintain city cleanliness. They suggest using billboards and celebrity endorsements to discourage smoking and public spitting.
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Public health advocacy during large-scale cultural events is essential for promoting wellness and enforcing anti-tobacco legislation.
Call to make Mysuru Dasara ‘Tobacco-free’ MYSURU The Anti-Tobacco Forum, Mysuru, has urged the authorities to take necessary steps to ensure that the Mysuru Dasara-2026 is made ‘Tobacco-free’. With the government announcing that Dasara 2026 would be a grand affair and lakhs of tourists will be visiting Mysuru for the festival, convenor of Anti-Tobacco Forum, Mysuru, Vasanthkumar Mysoremath, said it was necessary to make this year’s Dasara ‘Tobacco-free’. It will be appropriate if this year’s Dasara be made “Tobacco-free Mysuru Dasara“ for keeping city’s environs healthy and clean and to protect non-smokers from the noxious fumes of cigarette/bidi smoke and also to warn gutkha/paan paraag users that they should not spit and dirty the city,” said Mr. Mysoremath, who is also the resource person for National/District Tobacco Control Programme.
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