Empowering Tobacco Marshals – October 2023 Training
Introduction
In October 2023, a pivotal event took place aimed at combating the pervasive health threat of tobacco use. On the 22nd of October 2023, the “BASIC COURSE IN TOBACCO CONTROL,” centered around the 8R principles, was conducted online. This training was a significant step in creating a cadre of individuals committed to eradicating the harmful effects of tobacco.
Training Highlights
– Date: 22nd October 2023
Participants
A diverse group of participants gathered for this training, including members from DANT PARI, doctors, and socially responsible members of GELNOVA.
Expert Trainers
The training was conducted by accomplished ICanCaRe Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists, including Mrs. Sonal Bhatia, Dr. Pravesh Singh, and Dr. Pawan Gupta. Their expertise and dedication played a crucial role in the success of this initiative.
Empowering Knowledge
Across two intense sessions, each spanning two hours, participants engaged in in-depth discussions. These sessions comprehensively covered the 8R aspects of Tobacco Control. The knowledge acquired in these discussions empowered every participant to become a “TOBACCO MARSHAL.”
DANT PARI Foundation
This marked the third batch of enthusiastic participants from DANT PARIS. The DANT PARI FOUNDATION, spearheaded by Dr. Shweta K Javali and Dr. Neeru, focuses on training rural girls as dental assistants. In this batch, four Dant Paries joined the course, displaying their strong interactive skills and a sincere desire to combat tobacco use in rural areas.
GELNOVA Members
Seventeen socially responsible members from the GELNOVA family, led by Mr. Rajeev Khanna, enthusiastically participated in the training. Hailing from various regions of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, these individuals regularly interact with doctors and conduct awareness camps. The knowledge they gained during the training will be instrumental in educating doctors and organizing tobacco awareness campaigns, furthering the #advisequittobacco campaign.
New Enthusiastic Doctors
The training also welcomed two dedicated doctors who are eager to enhance their professional practice and make a substantial societal impact by joining the ranks of Tobacco Marshals.
ICanCaRe Academy Welcomes New Members
ICanCaRe Academy extended a warm welcome to the new batch of TOBACCO MARSHALs, recognizing the vital role they will play in the ongoing battle against tobacco.
Join as a Tobacco Marshal
If you are inspired by this initiative and wish to join as a Tobacco MARSHAL, you can register at [ICanCaRe Academy] (https://www.icancare.in/academy/MARSHAL).
Learn More
For more information on the comprehensive CAPACITY BUILDING courses for TOBACCO CESSATION and control offered by ICanCaRe academy, please visit their website at [www.icancare.in/academy](https://www.icancare.in/academy).
Conclusion
The training of Tobacco Marshals in October 2023 was a crucial step in the ongoing battle against tobacco. With a diverse group of participants, expert trainers, and a shared commitment to making a difference in society, these newly trained Tobacco Marshals are poised to have a real impact in the fight against tobacco. Their knowledge and dedication mark a brighter, tobacco-free future.
Stay connected and informed about ongoing efforts to combat tobacco use by following these hashtags: #icancare #icancareacademy #tobaccomarshal #innerwheel #dantpariofficial #pawangupta #sonalbhatia #shwetakjavali #praveshsingh.
ICanCaRe at the GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE SUMMIT SDG 5th Edition by Economic Times
ICanCaRe, an organization dedicated to Tobacco Cessation, participated as a supporting partner for the GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE SUMMIT SDG 5th Edition. The Global Sustainability Alliance SDG Summit is dedicated to converting ideas into solutions to transform the world, adopt eco-friendly practices, and promote entrepreneurial solutions for addressing and promoting sustainable development.
ICanCaRe is committed and aligned with The Global Goals and has been working to meet Sustainable Development Goal No. 3 to ensure Good Health and well-being. The focus of ICanCaRe has been specifically 3 a – Implementation of WHO FCTC- reduce tobacco use by 30% by 2030. Within this context, ICanCaRe highlighted their efforts in educating Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to combat tobacco use and their campaign, #advisequittobacco.
ICanCaRe creates sustainable business practices, products, and services for Tobacco Cessation and Tobacco Control in line with WHO FCTC to meet SDG 3a.Empowerment through the Education of Health Care Professionals to skill up to be Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists to be able to provide the needed services to quit tobacco and bring down the mortality and morbidity due to tobacco and directly reduce NCDs, Tuberculosis, and Lung Health.
ICanCaRe also focuses on Sustainable Development Goal 5, which aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. With the program of empowering women as TOBACCO MARSHALs, ICanCaRe’s involvement underscores their dedication to addressing the critical issue of tobacco use and its impact on public health.
ICanCaRe is a change maker as we assessed the skill gap and came up with the idea of transformation of health and well-being of people exposed to / and using all forms of tobacco by providing a solution through education of HCPs in tobacco cessation. The Digital ICanCaRe Tobacco Wellness app makes the business model sustainable with an ability to reach even the underserved community.
ICanCaRe is conscious of our role in SDG 8,10,11,14,15,16 and 17 which are indirectly related to health while we can positively impact SDG 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 as we work specifically with SDG No 3a and 5. We at ICanCaRe aim to take all healthcare professionals into the ambit of Tobacco Cessation through Education and reach this service to every person in the country and not leave anyone behind.
ICanCaRe’s #advisequittobacco campaign likely emphasizes the importance of advising and supporting individuals in their journey to quit tobacco. This campaign likely includes a multi-faceted approach, such as public awareness, educational materials, counseling support, and community engagement to encourage individuals to quit tobacco consumption.
Tobacco use is a pressing global health challenge, leading to numerous health issues and premature deaths. ICanCaRe’s mission likely involves creating awareness, providing education, and implementing strategies to help individuals quit tobacco use, thereby contributing to a healthier and more sustainable future.
Their participation at the summit demonstrates their commitment to aligning with Sustainable Development Goals and contributing to a more sustainable and equitable world, particularly concerning public health and gender-related aspects related to tobacco use. ICanCaRe’s efforts and contributions to the cause of tobacco cessation within the context of the summit and SDG 3 and 5 are well recognized.
ICanCaRe, an organization dedicated to Tobacco Cessation, is a supporting partner for the GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE SUMMIT SDG 5th Edition. Dr. Pawan Gupta participated in the Summit.
Author – Dr. Reena R Kumar, Academic Director, ICanCaRe
ICanCaRe Academy conducts a seminar for the launch of the QUIT TOBACCO program SAVE the YOUTH campaign in Indore.
A seminar was conducted with 37 selected doctors from various specialties – Cancer, Dental, ENT, Chest, Medicine, Education, Pharmacy, and social attended the seminar to adopt the ICanCaRe tobacco Cessation protocol and specific medicines to quit tobacco and to launch the SAVE the youth program in Indore.
Tobacco is a complex disease, it needs proper intervention to help people quit tobacco. Tobacco is the cause of many a disease. The seminar is for the Capacity building for tobacco Cessation program as part of SAVE the youth campaign of ICanCaRe to reach out across India. SAVE the Youth program is a complete ecosystem towards Tobacco Control. SAVE the program for tobacco encompasses SENSITIZATION against tobacco, ASSIST users to quit tobacco through a digital protocol intervention program, Volunteer building as TOBACCO MARSHALs, TOBACCO AMBASSADORS, and TOBACCO CESSATION SPECIALISTs in the society to ENFORCE a tobacco Free society.
The seminar was conducted by Dr. Pawan Gupta, Director of Surgical Oncology at MAX Hospital, Delhi, and Founder of ICanCaRe Academy. He has done intensive research and established a simplified digital tobacco Cessation protocol, and also the author of many books on the subject. Through the ICanCaRe Academy have trained more than 1,000 doctors on successful ICanCaRe protocols for successful quit tobacco programs.
Dr. Ameya Bihani, Head and Neck Cancer surgeon and the first Certified Tobacco Cessation specialist of Indore said that cancer is on the rise in Indore and MP as a whole. Tobacco is a bad addiction difficult to quit. I induct my patients to quit tobacco protocol and this has improved my surgical outcome.
Dr Arati Chaudhary, Oral Medicine and Dental Oncologist and also an Orientation Course Tobacco Cessation Certificate holder of Gujarat University convenor of the seminar said there is a lack of awareness amongst the doctors on how to help their patients to quit tobacco, this seminar will help in sensitizing the doctors on the ICanCaRe digital protocol based program and the ICanCaRe APP. We will be introducing the SAVE the Youth campaign in toto in Indore.
Dr. Dilip Acharya, renowned surgeon of Indore, suggested that the ICanCaRe digital centres need to be set up in Indore. Appreciate the efforts of ICanCaRe in propagating the cause. Tobacco cessation is a therapy and needs to be adopted as part of treatment for all patients.
Dr. Rajesh Jain, Chairman of SRJ-CBCC Cancer Hospital, said that more than 50% of cancer patients are due to tobacco, and head and neck cancer patients are on the rise. The main reason is the rampant use of tobacco. As a part of Swach Abhiyan and Indore being a clean city, the SAVE the Youth campaign is needed in Indore. He would extend the facility at the hospital to include the TOBACCO CESSATION Program in his hospital as the first of its kind at Indore.
Mrs. Shuchi Khanna, a Humanity teacher at the Shishukunj International School, Indore said it is important that schools adopt the TOBACCO MARSHAL program of SAVE the Youth campaign to make children aware never to start or ever experiment with tobacco in their lifetime. Many children adopt the habit and suffer later. Although the government is working a lot, it is time that it is implemented strictly. She wants to be the first TOBACCO MARSHAL of the Indore city.
Mr. Rohit Khanna who helped organize the meeting, would be meeting doctors and social organisations to establish the ICanCaRe SAVE the Youth protocol in Indore. He said it is very fortunate that a beginning has happened and the momentum will continue.
Present in the meet were also the scientists from RRCAT who have been researching and developing instruments for early detection and treatment of oral cancers. The research product ONCODIAGNOSIS is a marvellous instrument which can be used to detect early cancers of oral cavity using spectroscopy. Extensive work on Photo biomodulation and Photodynamic therapy for oral cancers is also being done at the laboratory.
Many of the young doctors present in the meet showed interest to learn the ICanCaRe protocol and adopt the same in the future.
Tobacco use needs to be curtailed, and ICanCaRe SAVE the youth Campaign is to be adopted to make Indore further cleaner, greener, healthier and lively.
ICanCaRe अकादमी ने इंदौर में तंबाकू छोड़ो कार्यक्रम, युवा बचाओ अभियान के शुभारंभ के लिए एक सेमिनार आयोजित किया।
विभिन्न विशिष्टताओं – कैंसर, दंत चिकित्सा, ईएनटी, छाती, चिकित्सा, शिक्षा, फार्मेसी और सामाजिक क्षेत्र के 37 चयनित डॉक्टरों के साथ एक सेमिनार आयोजित किया गया था, जिसमें तंबाकू छोड़ने के लिए ICanCaRe तंबाकू समाप्ति प्रोटोकॉल और विशिष्ट दवाओं को अपनाने और SAVE the लॉन्च करने के लिए सेमिनार में भाग लिया गया था। इंदौर में युवा कार्यक्रम.
तम्बाकू एक जटिल बीमारी है, लोगों को तम्बाकू छोड़ने में मदद करने के लिए उचित हस्तक्षेप की आवश्यकता है। तम्बाकू कई बीमारियों का कारण है। यह सेमिनार पूरे भारत में पहुंचने के लिए ICanCaRe के युवा बचाओ अभियान के हिस्से के रूप में तंबाकू समाप्ति कार्यक्रम के लिए क्षमता निर्माण के लिए है। सेव द यूथ कार्यक्रम तंबाकू नियंत्रण की दिशा में एक संपूर्ण पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र है। तम्बाकू के लिए सेव कार्यक्रम में तम्बाकू के खिलाफ संवेदनशीलता, डिजिटल प्रोटोकॉल हस्तक्षेप कार्यक्रम के माध्यम से उपयोगकर्ताओं को तम्बाकू छोड़ने में सहायता करना, तम्बाकू मुक्त समाज को लागू करने के लिए समाज में तम्बाकू मार्शल, तम्बाकू राजदूत और तम्बाकू समाप्ति विशेषज्ञ के रूप में स्वयंसेवी निर्माण शामिल है।
सेमिनार का संचालन दिल्ली के मैक्स अस्पताल में सर्जिकल ऑन्कोलॉजी के निदेशक और ICanCaRe अकादमी के संस्थापक डॉ. पवन गुप्ता ने किया। उन्होंने गहन शोध किया है और एक सरलीकृत डिजिटल तंबाकू समाप्ति प्रोटोकॉल स्थापित किया है, और इस विषय पर कई पुस्तकों के लेखक भी हैं। ICanCaRe अकादमी के माध्यम से तंबाकू छोड़ने के सफल कार्यक्रम के लिए सफल ICanCaRe प्रोटोकॉल पर 1,000 से अधिक डॉक्टरों को प्रशिक्षित किया गया है।
सिर और गर्दन के कैंसर सर्जन और इंदौर के पहले प्रमाणित तंबाकू समाप्ति विशेषज्ञ डॉ. अमेया बिहानी ने कहा कि इंदौर और पूरे एमपी में कैंसर बढ़ रहा है। तम्बाकू एक बुरी लत है जिसे छोड़ना मुश्किल है। मैं अपने मरीजों को तम्बाकू प्रोटोकॉल छोड़ने के लिए प्रेरित करता हूं और इससे मेरे सर्जिकल परिणाम में सुधार हुआ है।
सेमिनार की संयोजक ओरल मेडिसिन और डेंटल ऑन्कोलॉजिस्ट और ओरिएंटेशन कोर्स तंबाकू समाप्ति प्रमाणपत्र धारक गुजरात विश्वविद्यालय की डॉ. आरती चौधरी ने कहा कि डॉक्टरों के बीच जागरूकता की कमी है कि वे अपने मरीजों को तंबाकू छोड़ने में कैसे मदद करें, यह सेमिनार इसमें मदद करेगा। ICanCaRe डिजिटल प्रोटोकॉल आधारित कार्यक्रम और ICanCaRe APP पर डॉक्टरों को संवेदनशील बनाना। हम इंदौर में युवाओं को बचाने का अभियान पूरी तरह शुरू करेंगे।
इंदौर के प्रसिद्ध सर्जन डॉ. दिलीप आचार्य ने सुझाव दिया कि इंदौर में ICanCaRe डिजिटल सेंटर स्थापित करने की आवश्यकता है। इस मुद्दे को प्रचारित करने में ICanCaRe के प्रयासों की सराहना करें। तम्बाकू समाप्ति एक चिकित्सा है और इसे सभी रोगियों के लिए उपचार के भाग के रूप में अपनाने की आवश्यकता है।
एसआरजे-सीबीसीसी कैंसर अस्पताल के अध्यक्ष डॉ. राजेश जैन ने कहा कि 50% से अधिक कैंसर रोगी तंबाकू के कारण होते हैं, और सिर और गर्दन के कैंसर के रोगी बढ़ रहे हैं। इसका मुख्य कारण तम्बाकू का अंधाधुंध प्रयोग है। स्वच्छ अभियान और इंदौर के एक स्वच्छ शहर होने के नाते, इंदौर में युवा बचाओ अभियान की जरूरत है। वह इंदौर में अपनी तरह के पहले अस्पताल में तंबाकू निवारण कार्यक्रम को शामिल करने के लिए अस्पताल में सुविधा का विस्तार करेंगे।
शिशुकुंज इंटरनेशनल स्कूल, इंदौर में मानवता की शिक्षिका श्रीमती शुचि खन्ना ने कहा कि यह महत्वपूर्ण है कि स्कूल युवाओं को बचाने के अभियान के तंबाकू मार्शल कार्यक्रम को अपनाएं ताकि बच्चों को अपने जीवनकाल में कभी भी तंबाकू का सेवन शुरू न करने या इसका प्रयोग न करने के लिए जागरूक किया जा सके। कई बच्चे इस आदत को अपना लेते हैं और बाद में उन्हें इसका खामियाजा भुगतना पड़ता है। हालांकि सरकार इस पर काफी काम कर रही है लेकिन अब समय आ गया है कि इसे सख्ती से लागू किया जाए। वह इंदौर शहर की पहली तंबाकू मार्शल बनना चाहती हैं।
श्री रोहित खन्ना, जिन्होंने बैठक आयोजित करने में मदद की, इंदौर में ICanCaRe SAVE the Youth प्रोटोकॉल की स्थापना के लिए डॉक्टरों और सामाजिक संगठनों से मुलाकात करेंगे। उन्होंने कहा कि यह बहुत सौभाग्य की बात है कि शुरुआत हुई है और यह गति जारी रहेगी।
बैठक में आरआरसीएटी के वैज्ञानिक भी उपस्थित थे जो मौखिक कैंसर का शीघ्र पता लगाने और उपचार के लिए उपकरणों पर शोध और विकास कर रहे हैं। अनुसंधान उत्पाद ऑन्कोडायग्नोसिस एक अद्भुत उपकरण है जिसका उपयोग स्पेक्ट्रोस्कोपी का उपयोग करके मौखिक गुहा के प्रारंभिक कैंसर का पता लगाने के लिए किया जा सकता है। प्रयोगशाला में मौखिक कैंसर के लिए फोटो बायोमॉड्यूलेशन और फोटोडायनामिक थेरेपी पर भी व्यापक काम किया जा रहा है।
बैठक में उपस्थित कई युवा डॉक्टरों ने ICanCaRe प्रोटोकॉल को सीखने और भविष्य में इसे अपनाने में रुचि दिखाई।
तम्बाकू के उपयोग को कम करने की आवश्यकता है, और इंदौर को और अधिक स्वच्छ, हरा-भरा, स्वस्थ और जीवंत बनाने के लिए ICanCaRe SAVE the Youth अभियान को अपनाया जाना चाहिए।
