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The government has also distributed information cducation communication (IEC) materials, while the NGOs have spread public health messages. VISAKHAPATNAM: At a time when oral cancer due to excessive smoking is spreading in coastal AP, around a dozen villages in Visakha Agency are trying to get the 'tobacco-free village' tag.Some of them have already managed to reduce tobacco consumption by 80-90%. "Meanwhile, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, district medical and health office organised a rally from the DMHO office to Satyam Junction on Wednesday. Youth associations and youth leaders from these villages have carried out awareness campaigns. These villages include RK Nagar and Pedagangudi in Araku mandal, Damsarai, Mardaguda and Chukumadatha in Ananthagiri mandal, D Kollaput, Narinjavalasa and K Kosiguda in Dumbriguda mandal, Dabaputu in Paderu and Kunturla in Hukumpeta mandal..