He was speaking after flagging of an anti-tobacco campaign rally at Mahavir Circle in the city on Sunday morning.
The rally was organised by Mangalore Institute of Oncology to create awareness among the public about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption in the wake of World No Tobacco Day.
Hundreds of citizens participated in the rally that passed through Bendoorwell and Balmatta and culminated in Nehru Maidan.
The CM congratulating the MIO for its anti-tobacco campaign opined that organising such rallies on a regular basis would create awareness and combat diseases like cancer.
He said around 5.4 million people die all over the world because of tobacco abuse, and of them, 700,000 are Indians. Half of all cancer cases among men in India are because of tobacco abuse, he added.
Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat, MIO managing director Dr Jalaluddin Akbar, directors Dr Krishna Prasad and Dr Sanath Hegde, and President of the campaign Dr Suresh Rao were present among others.
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