MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL

SCIENCES

MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC PROJECT

NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2021 –A REPORT

The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced,

killing more than 8 million people a year. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result

of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to

second-hand smoke. Around 80% of the 1.1 billion smokers worldwide live in low- and

middle-income countries, where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death is heaviest.

Tobacco users who die prematurely deprive their families of income, raise the cost of

healthcare and hinder economic development. In some countries, children from poor

households are frequently employed in tobacco farming to provide family income. These

children are especially vulnerable to "green tobacco sickness", which is caused by the

nicotine that is absorbed through the skin from the handling of wet tobacco leaves. In India,

tobacco consumption is responsible for half of all the cancers in men and a quarter of all

cancers in women, in addition to being a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic

obstructive pulmonary diseases.

India also has one of the highest rates of oral cancer in the world, partly attributed to high

prevalence of tobacco chewing. Forms of tobacco chewing include pan (piper betel leaf filled

with sliced areca nut, lime, catechu, and other spices chewed with or without tobacco), pan-

masala or gutkha (a chewable tobacco containing areca nut), and mishri (a powdered tobacco

rubbed on the gums as toothpaste).

Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate

World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness

on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to

discourage the use of tobacco in any form. The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2021was

“Commit to Quit”

Currently, over 70% of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide lack access to the tools they

need to quit successfully. This gap in access to cessation services is only further exacerbated

in the last year as the health workforce has been mobilized to handle the pandemic.

That’s why WHO launched a year-long campaign for World No Tobacco Day’s – “Commit

to Quit” theme. The campaign aims to empower 100 million tobacco users to make a quit

attempt by creating networks of support and increasing access to services proven to help

tobacco users quit successfully.

The Mobile Dental Clinic Project Team observed World No Tobacco Day through a week

long health promotional activities. The following activities were conducted:

S.No. Target

Population

Activity Location Event Coordinators

1. Geriatric

Population

under

“PROJECT

AMMA” of

Mobile Dental

Clinic Project

Interactive health education

session on the topic

:Commit to quit: Let’s fight

together”

DAS Senior

Citizen

Recreation

centre ,Dilshad

Garden

Dr. Swati Jain

(Consultant)

Dr. Neha Gangil

(Dental surgeon)

Dr. Mohit Kumar

(Dental surgeon)

2. School Children

under

“PROJECT

NEEV” of

Mobile Dental

Clinic Project

1.Elocution competition on

the topic “Tobacco’s

impact on society”

2. Painting Competition on

the topic “Tobacco and

Youth”

1. Sarvodaya

(Coed) Sr. Sec.

School ,I.P.

Extension

Dr. Swati Jain

(Consultant)

Dr. Neha Gangil

(Dental surgeon)

Dr. Neha Singh

(Dental surgeon)

Dr. Deepak Verma

(Dental surgeon)

2. GGSSS

Yamunavihar

Block B2

3. ASHA workers

under

Interactive health education

session on the topic

1. DGD Kalkaji

2. DGD Sangam

Dr. Swati

Jain(Consultant)

“PROJECT

ASHA

HUMARI

MUSKAAN ”

of Mobile

Dental Clinic

Project

:Commit to quit: Let’s fight

together”

Vihar Dr. Shipra Arora

(Dental surgeon)

Dr. Annudeep

Bajaj(Dental

surgeon)

Dr. Manoj Saboo

(Dental surgeon)

A brief summary of the various activities :

1. Project AMMA:

Under this initiative; the Project

caters the oral health needs of Elderly

in a comprehensive manner with

special focus on generating awareness

and oral health promotion. The

Project has collaborated with Dept. of

Social welfare , GNCTD and has

targeted to serve 108 Senior Citizen

Recreation centres and 04 Old Age

Homes under GNCTD.

To observe World No Tobacco Day 2021; this year the team organized an online Interactive

health education session on 28th

May 2021 on the topic :Commit to quit: Let’s fight together”

for the members of Senior citizens recreation centre, Dilshad Garden.The Program was

attended by Mr. Rajeev Saksena, Dept. Director; Dept. of Social Welfare ,GNCTD.

A 40 minute health education session was conducted through audio –video presentation

mode.

A total of 20 participants attended the session and enthusiastically responded to the need of

strict Anti tobacco vigilance. Mr. Rajeev Saksena appreciated the efforts of initiative “Project

AMMA” of the Mobile Dental Clinic Project and discussed the road map for future activities.

The session ended with Question Answer round and certificates to the attendees were

distributed.

2. Project NEEV:

Mobile Dental Clinic Project has collaborated with School Health Scheme, GNCTD to cater

the oral health needs of school children since Sept. 2014.Under this initiative the Project aims

to improve the oral health status of school children by providing Primary, Preventive and

Secondary level of dental services in school premises.

To observe, World No Tobacco Day this year, the team organized various competitions for

the students of Classes VIth to XIIth in following schools

1. Sarvodaya (Coed) Sr. Sec. School,I .P. Extension

2. GGSSS Yamunavihar Block B2

Sarvodaya (Coed) Sr. Sec. School, I .P. Extension

1. The painting competition was organized on 24/05/2021 on the theme “Tobacco and youth”

for the students. A total of 48 students participated in the competition.

2. Elocution Competition: Children are the future of any country. Hence, shaping their

views and idealism to ensure positive health behaviour is essential. Keeping this in mind,

Elocution competition on the topic “Tobacco’s impact on society” was conducted on

29/05/2021 through online portal. A total of 29 students participated in the event and

expressed their strong opinions about Tobacco and it’s ill effect on the society. It was very

heartening to listen to the enthusiastic views of the children and it motivated all of us to

work together against this tobacco menace.

The Program ended by taking oath that “We Commit to quit and enable others to quit

tobacco”

GGSSS YAMUNAVIHAR SCHOOL BLOCK B2

1. The painting competition was organized on 30/05/2021 on the theme “Tobacco and youth”

for the students. A total of 259 students participated in the competition. The team was

overwhelmed with the participation.

Elocution Competition: Elocution competition on the topic “Tobacco’s impact on society”

was conducted on 01/06/2021 through online portal. A total of 26 students participated in the

event and expressed their strong opinions about Tobacco and it’s ill effect on the society. The

students firmly insisted to stay away from tobacco and highlighted the ill effects of Tobacco

epidemic in our country.

3. Project ASHA HUMARI MUSKAAN : The Program has also been training ASHA

workers of GNCTD to cater to the oral health needs of maternal and child health .Continuing

the initiative ,we conducted an interactive health talk for ASHA workers of DGD Kalkaji and

DGD Sangam Vihar.A total of 33 ASHA workers attended the session and appreciated their

role in tobacco control