jaipur a 100day action plan with 38 points will be implemented in the state for discouraging use of tobacco products in the state it will be a major campaign run by the health department along with ngos to be implemented across the state from urban areas to rural areas a workshop was organised for implementation of the 100day action plan at the state institute of health family welfaresihfw on wednesday headed by national health mission nhm states director jitendra kumar sonione of the 38 points of the 100day action plan was enforcement of provisions of cigarette and other tobacco product act 2003 on april 30 the health department will launch a drive for enforcement of cotpa2003 to prevent its violation soni said action would be taken for violating the provisions of cotpa besides the health authorities will ensure that school campuses would be declared tobaccofree the focus of the action plan for discouraging tobacco products will be on schools and children in the state children start chewing tobacco much earlier in comparison to smoking the global youth tobacco survey gyts4 released recently showed that the median age of initiation of smokeless tobacco among 13 to 15yearold is 76 years and for cigarettes it is 134 years besides 93 of children are exposed to secondhand smoking in the state now the health department will organize various competitions at village block and district level for school students focusing on discouraging use of tobacco products soni said they will organise various competitions on theme of preventing use of tobacco products in schools state nodal officer tobacco control dr sn dholpuria said they had provided all information related to the campaign to the stakeholders tnn