Smoking is bad and causes fatal diseases like cancer! The tobacco products need to be taxed very heavily to discourage smoking. Similarly addiction to drinking hard liquor also causes damage to the liver -ultimately resulting into untimely death!
Even in remote villages like Loliem there are quite a number of untimely deaths of youngsters- almost from every other house-below 40 years- some bachelors and some married- living behind young widows and young kids!
In GMC alone there are more than 200 deaths reported every year due to liquor and over 1200 needing hospitalization due to diseased liver! The loss of lives in road accidents caused due to drunk driving could add another few to the list of fatalities!
The liquor lobby is very strong and spread in nook and corner of the territory! To save the young lives- only a person like Anna Hazare to come and spearhead the anti liquor campaign could be the need of the hour!
Vishwas,
ReplyDeleteThere are many cases of young and old who have died of Cancer of the lung, who have never smoked in their lifetime. A typical recent case is Principal of a convent in Margao. The ratio is almost 50:50 with smokers and non-smokers. Can you tell us why?
Drinking genuine liquor is better than drinking adulterated/bootlegged alcohol. During Portuguese time we always got pure Feni; can you get now? Why not fight against these adulterators/fraudsters?
Instead of Anna Hazare, why not get Salazar back?