Students may now learn of tobacco control right in school as the Central Board of Secondary Education and the state education department may include a chapter on it in the school curriculum from Std VI to XII. Dr. SK Arora, Additional Director Health of Delhi government and former head of Delhi State Tobacco Control Cell, has proposed this idea in a letter to the President of India who has forwarded it for consultation to the department concerned.

A recent World Health Organization (WHO) report stated that 14.6 per cent of the youth in India (in the age group of 13-15 years) consume tobacco. Also, 36.6 per cent of youth are exposed to passive smoking in public places, and 21.9 per cent at home. This makes it crucial for the youth to know about the effects of tobacco. Dr. Arora thus came up with the idea of including a chapter on tobacco awareness in the CBSE and state board syllabus.