On the occasion of "WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2021" , (31ST MAY) THE NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE FOR ORAL HEALTH AND TOBACCO CESSATION, conducted a webinar on “TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN TOBACCO CESSATION IN INDIA: EVIDENCE TO PRACTICE AND ROAD AHEAD.”

Attended by :Dr.Pragyan Das (Reader)
Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology
(Faculty in-charge) Tobacco Cessation Centre

TOBACCO CESSATION CENTRE (Established and functioning since 2018) at AWADH DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, JAMSHEDPUR, JHARKHAND.

There has been enthusiastic participation of undergraduate students towards awareness programme through participation in e-poster and e-slogan writing competition organised by the National Resource Centre for Oral Health and Tobacco Cessation credits given to the following students for their participation.

E-Poster making competition:

• NISHU MAHATO (1ST BDS)
• RISHA MUKHERJEE (1ST BDS)
• ADARSH KESHRI (1ST BDS)
• KIRTI ANAND (2ND BDS)
• LABONIE MUKHOPDHYAY (2ND BDS)
• NAYANIKA PODDAR (3RD BDS)
• RITIKA SEN (3RD BDS)
• SHRISHTISHIKHA ROY (3RD BDS)
• BIDISHA GHOSH (3RD BDS)

E-Slogan Writing Competition:

• REHANA PARWEEN (1ST BDS)
• KIRTI ANAND (2ND BDS)
• NABANITA DEY (4TH BDS)

The ongoing programmes at the TOBACCO CESSATION CENTRE at our college are individual patient counseling and weekly group counseling sessions, for patients requiring de-addiction counseling. This is also followed by tobacco de-addiction awareness talks at the various screening and treatment dental camps organized periodically by the college & at the satellite centres.