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🚨 To***co is not just a habit — it is slow violence.
📍 New data from Hindustan Varanasi shows 51.2% of male cancer patients in Varanasi are suffering due to to***co.
This is a public-health emergency — and a justice issue.

Thanks to persistent grassroots advocacy by Jan Mitra Nyas and PVCHR, India has taken a major step toward stronger to***co control.
The GST Council’s 56th meeting adopted key reforms that echo PVCHR’s recommendations:
✅ 40% de-merit GST slab for to***co
✅ Retail Sale Price (RSP)-based valuation
✅ Room for a ring-fenced Health Cess

This victory shows what community-rooted, evidence-driven advocacy can achieve.
But the work ahead is crucial: implementation, monitoring, and protecting reforms from dilution.

As Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi says:
“Every public opinion is not policy. For that, we need champions.”

Read the full story here:
🌐 https://healthofchidren.blogspot.com/2025/12/to***co-slow-violence-and-policy.html

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✨ Working Together for a Healthier Future! ✨

Heart disease and other NCDs are rising sharply among young people—an urgent public health concern.

For years, PVCHR and Jan Mitra Nyas have been working at the grassroots to address post-COVID vulnerabilities, stress, nutrition gaps, and health inequalities that contribute to NCDs.

Now, it’s encouraging to see the Indian Medical Association (IMA) joining hands to strengthen awareness, early screening, and preventive care—especially for youth.

💙 When civil society and medical professionals work together, real change becomes possible.
Let’s continue building healthier, stronger, and more informed communities.

🔗 Read the full blog here:
https://healthofchidren.blogspot.com/2025/11/collaborative-efforts-to-curb-rising.html

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