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A survey by the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute here revealed that class 10 pass students were the highest number of users of tobacco products.
The institute on Wednesday informed that it had received a total of 71,39,473 IVR calls till April 30 this year, on the basis of which it came to the conclusion.
On Wednesday, the institute celebrated World No Tobacco Day and presented these figures.
“Out of the total number of IVR calls received by this center till 30th April this year, 20,43,227 calls were counselled, of which 9,96,302 were inbound calls, 26,80,657 outbound calls and 3,91,160 calls were registered by the centre. A A total of 1,56,644 people have successfully quit tobacco use.”
The institute further said that the data shows that most of these calls originated from Uttar Pradesh, which accounted for a total of 1,23,508 calls.
The data also indicates that males make up the highest percentage at 98 percent, followed by transgender persons at 5 percent of the total population, while females comprise the lowest percentage.
The highest number of tobacco users are 1,74,097 persons who have passed 10th standard examination.
The National Tobacco Cessation Service (NTQLS) was initially set up in a single room with sick counselor stations, and was expanded in 2020 by the then Union Minister of State for Health, Ashwani Kumar Choubey.
