"These kind of steps would certainly help in curbing smoking and chewing of tobacco," said Nitisha Sharma of Inaya Foundation, a Jaipur-based NGO.
Sharma, however, was of the view that more steps are needed on the lines of de-addiction centres for alcoholics, so that one can stop smoking or chewing tobacco.
She said there were almost negligible facilities to help tobacco users to quit the habit and there were no or few experts who can help these people quit this habit that causes cancer and kills hundreds of people every year in the country.
As per an estimate, tobacco causes 40 to 50 percent of all cancers in men and about 17-20 percent in women in India.
