All the 4,316 government secondary schools in Assam will soon become 'tobacco-free'. Schools in the districts of Lakhimpur, Baksa, Tinsukia, Udalguri, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Goalpara and Bongaigaon have already reported to be tobacco-free.
Secretary for Secondary Education R C Jain had launched the mission by issuing instructions on April 26 to all school inspectors and these included a set of questions for the school principals who have now started sending declarations that their institutes are tobacco-free, which are now being forwarded to the RMSA office.
The mission to make schools tobacco-free in the state is being pursued by Healis Seksaria Institute for Public Health, education department and Dr B Barooah Cancer Institute, in association with Tata Trusts.
