Smoking in Delhi University's North Campus will now come for a price. Students found puffing away will be challaned anywhere between Rs 150 and Rs 500 by officials from the Delhi Police and Delhi government's anti-tobacco cell. The smoke-free campus campaign, originally kicked off by Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) on February 14 this year, will get an official endorsement from Union health minister A Ramadoss on Tuesday. Ramadoss will visit the campus to deter freshers from taking up smoking and join hands with DUSU to strengthen the anti-tobacco campaign within Delhi's largest campus. According to World Lung Organisation data, 24% boys and seven per cent girls in North Campus' 40,000-strong student community smoke at present. India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) indicates an increasing prevalence of tobacco consumption, with 57% males and 10.9% females reportedly consuming tobacco. Ramadoss says the findings of the latest Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) are equally alarming. According to it, 14% children between the age group of 13 and 15 years are consuming tobacco while 52% youngsters start smoking after being influenced by movies. He adds 40% of the health problems in India are due to the use of tobacco. Over 15% kids in the neversmoker category are likely to start smoking in the next year while 40% of them are exposed to second hand smoke in public places. Ramadoss says the silver lining is the fact that around 74% of the students in GYTS were in favour of banning smoking in public places. DUSU president Amrita Bahari told TOI: