{"id":430631,"date":"2026-05-31T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430631"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:18:39","slug":"shun-tobacco-use-for-better-health-health-minister-mehta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/31\/430631.html","title":{"rendered":"Shun tobacco use for better health: Health Minister Mehta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Minister for Health and Food Safety Nisha Mehta has urged tobacco users to quit the habit from today, saying it is essential for better health and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a message issued on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2026, the Minister appealed to all tobacco users to give up the consumption of tobacco products. She acknowledged that overcoming tobacco addiction can be difficult but stressed that quitting is possible with strong determination, family support, and professional health guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mehta also cautioned the public against using e-cigarettes, vapes, and other harmful substances in the name of modernity or fashion. She noted that such products contain nicotine and other toxic substances that pose serious health risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She assured that the Ministry would provide counselling and necessary support to individuals seeking to quit tobacco use or vaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing tobacco use as a major public health challenge, the Minister cited recent data showing that nearly 29 percent of Nepal&#8217;s population uses tobacco products. More than 39,000 people die each year in the country from tobacco-related illnesses, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister expressed concern over new marketing strategies employed by tobacco companies, particularly those targeting children and adolescents. She said the promotion of nicotine products through social media, along with attractive flavours and modern packaging, has contributed to the growing appeal of tobacco and nicotine products among young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling for greater collaboration among stakeholders, Minister Mehta stressed the need for effective implementation of laws related to tobacco control and regulation to address the challenges posed by smoking and chewing tobacco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World No Tobacco Day is being observed this year under the theme \u201cUnmasking the appeal \u2013 countering nicotine and tobacco addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: Minister for Health and Food Safety Nisha Mehta has urged tobacco users to quit the habit from today, saying it is essential for better health and well-being. In a message issued on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2026, the Minister appealed to all tobacco users to give up the consumption of tobacco &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":430632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430633,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430631\/revisions\/430633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430631"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}