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Government has recently taken series of steps to minimise cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing by peopole these are injurous to health.
(i) List at least three steps taken by government to aware people about harmful effects of cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing.
(ii) What is passive smoking?
(iii) List at least one chronic disease that occurs due to continuous use of tobacco.

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(i) Three steps taken by government are-
Each cigarette pack has a label 'smoking is injurious to health',
Creation of 'no smoking zones' in the cities.
Putting up hoardings at public places and advertisement clippings in cinema halls about harmful effects of use of tobacco.
(ii) Passive smoking means inhalation of tobacco smoke, released by smokers, by non-smokers.
(iii) Cancer (oral cancer/lung cancer).
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