Applaudable Efforts Against Tobacco

Use tobacco by human beings in any form either by chewing or through smoking is bad and that’s the reason, its government instruction to cigarette producing companies to alert user by writing boldly on to the cigarette packs
                  Cigarette Smoking is Injurious to Health
surprisingly not only peoples are ignoring the instructions but also new one are adding in the list of user hugely and in this category women and young generation which attracts towards tobacco is quite shocking. In the country cigarette smoking is not allowed in public places and if anybody found guilty violating the law then he/she entitle for fine, now Government of India has directed cigarette companies to have picture on to the cigarette pack. In the working place where person spend atleast eight hours on daily basis it will be a good move if companies take initiatives to create smoke free zone, no doubt for making smoke free or tobacco free zone there will be need of strong norms, other wise addicts cannot make distance from smoking easily, whenever he/she will get chance then they will try to lit or chew tobacco. In the country Bajaj Group’s Bajaj Electrical Limited has taken steps to make the whole company tobacco free organistaion and efforts of the company has started giving yield to the company as 73 percent employees who were using tobacco have quit from it voluntarily. Anti tobacco campaign started by Chairman and Managing Director Mr. Shekhar Bajaj and idea generated to make organisation tobacco free by his wife Kiran who is president of Non Government Organisation by name Eco Friendly.
   Bajaj Electrical Limited’s 117 employees have quit from the habit of tobacco which was spread among its employees over its nineteen branches, this fact was reveal when company conduct a survey and it was found that total 157 employees were using tobacco. One of the big name in the list who quit from tobacco is Regional Manager Mr. Manish Balaundi, as per words of Mr. Balaundi from last six months he has not smoke and successfully make distance from cigarettes and it is worth mentioning here that he had habit of smoking fifteen cigarettes in a single day. Company after survey forward emails to its employees who were in habit of smoking or chewing tobacco with simple and straight forward message of smoking by anybody is harmful for himself/herself and also for family plus it make the environment polluted, and in the same email there was warning line that if they found using tobacco then they are entitle for negative rating, hence it can become obstacles in their promotions, in response to the email company gets positive responses. Recently company held anti tobacco slogan competition.
    No doubt company tries both soft and hard measures to pull its employees from the habit of using tobacco, and company pounded with positive results as seventy three percent employees of nineteen branches make distance from tobacco. As per words of Chairman and Managing Director Mr. Shekhar Bajaj his campaign against tobacco not for his personnel satisfaction but he was worried for his employee’s health and welfare. Whatever the reason may be of tobacco free campaign but no body can deny the bad impact of tobacco on to its user along with it other persons who spend time around them has to suffer and inhale some smoke also. Other companies also need to take steps like of Bajaj Electrical Limited to generate tobacco free society.