Shah Rukh Khan may be riding on his success of his latest movie Chennai Express which turned yet another movie to have forayed into Rs 100-crore club but Std XII student Shubhi Arora dislikes him and shrugs off his cult status for Khan’s characteristic habit of smoking.
“If Bollywood stars give up smoking, it will have a cascading effect on country’s youth and a considerable population will give up smoking,” says the 17-year-old anti-tobacco campaigner.
The fact that 10 lakh youngsters fall prey to the tobacco addiction each year annoys her a great deal.
She has been lobbying against addiction for tobacco for a little more than three years now and has represented country’s youth at several national and global forays. Her endeavors were recently acknowledged by a US-based organization which awarded her – along with one more student from Chennai – the Spirit of Community Award. The international honor which is awarded every year to the students from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India also entails a trip to Washington.
Taking note of her contribution to the cause, she was once invited by the Public Health Foundation of India to share her views about various health programmes with Dr Nata Menabde, WHO’s representative to India.
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