Mumbai, May 31: Union Minister for Health Sushma Swaraj today said even though the legislation on prohibition of advertisements of cigarettes and other tobacco products would effectively curtail glorification of the habit, the real thrust is needed to come from a people's movement against tobacco. Hailing the recent who treaty, where nations drafted an agreement despite pressures from the tobacco industry, Sushma said similar pressures were also exerted while the legislation was being passed in Parliament. She was speaking at an anti-tobacco day function, organised jointly by cancer patient's association and who.

The minister asserted that all surrogate advertisements promoting tobacco products would come to an end with framing of rules and their implementation under the new legislation.

She also apppealed to Bollywood to resist from glorifying tobacco in films. Speaking on the occasion, Maharashtra minister of health Digvijay Khanvilkar said the state would be committed to the anti-tobacco cause. Bureau Report