Mumbai: The citys tobacco-free BEST Initiative has delivered a strong public health outcome, with 62 BEST drivers and conductors successfully quitting tobacco, which is 49% of the total enlisted for the quitting programme, according to survey findings released by the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) on Sunday.A baseline survey conducted in 2016-17 among nearly 3,000 BEST employees found that more than 65% of the workforce used tobacco, underlining the extent of the health challenge among drivers and conductors working under stressful and irregular conditions.A follow-up survey in 2025-26 covering 1,800 BEST employees showed that the intervention is producing results
Senior loneliness is also observable, owing to loss of familiar roles and social networks, reduced mobility and limited incomes
Aside from smoking, tobacco is consumed as chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and through hookahs or heat-not-burn products
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I appreciate its irritating but after simply sending a photo of my ID it was all good