CHENNAI: After a ban on smoking in public places, Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss is now eyeing the bottle. A National policy on alcohol c
ontrol will soon be implemented in the country, Ramadoss said. ( Watch )

He said consultation with experts have begun but refused to elaborate. “On weekends in cities like Bangalore and Chennai even women are going on smoking and drinking binge. It’s a dangerous trend. We’ll have to intervene and regulate the system,” he said.
Ramadoss hoped the WHO would soon designate October 2 as the global prohibition day. “Alcohol consumption poses a grave threat to India, the nation with 600 million people less than 30 years of age,” he said.

“The Constitution mandates all states to exercise prohibition but except J&K and Gujarat none of the states follow it. Prohibition is a state subject, I would urge all state governments to enforce to total prohibition.”