The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called upon its member-countries to ban tobacco advertising to protect youth from taking to smoking. Studies have shown that most smokers in South-East Asia start tobacco consumption before the age of 18 years, and almost a quarter of them start using it even before they are 10, it has said.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/who-calls-ban-tobacco-advertisements
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco-related-cancer