Young India Network for Good Health

Smoking impairs lung function making it harder for the body to fight off coronaviruses and other respiratory diseases. Available research suggests that smokers are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 outcomes and death. Find out more here.

Smoking impairs lung function making it harder for the body to fight off coronaviruses and other respiratory diseases. Available research suggests that smokers are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 outcomes and death. Find out more here.

OPINION Prof. T K Thomas May 5, 2020, " Vatsyayan says that “according to the Young India network for Good Health , the magnitude and severity of the harm caused by alcohol use is massive especially when it concerns coronavirus and noncommunicable diseases. To me, alcohol use is not a choice but a response to underlying larger psycho-social issues, trauma and chronic physical or emotional pain. And it requires a concerted and collective effort by individuals, communities, and all state governments in tandem with the centre, as the future of an entire generation is in peril. The need of the hour is to bring a comprehensive Drug and Alcohol Demand Reduction policy.” May First is celebrated all over the world as International Labour or Workers Day. It is ironic that its origin was in the capitalist country of the United States in the late 19th century and interestingly not in Russia and China which had communist revol