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Cancer survivors demand ban on tobacco sales
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Cancer survivors demand ban on tobacco sales

June 24, 2021

Bengaluru: To fight Corona’s third wave and future waves, Cancer survivors from Bengaluru have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and State Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar seeking amendment to Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) – 2003, impose/ implement…

Shops selling tobacco products fined for violating COTPA
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Shops selling tobacco products fined for violating COTPA

July 26, 2019

31 cases booked, Rs. 4,200 fine collected Mysuru: In a move to curb tobacco menace in public places, the officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department, District Surveillance Office and District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC), with the help of Jayalakshmipuram Police, raided shops which were selling tobacco products illegally by violating Cigarettes and…

Instructions given for effective implementation of COTPA
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Instructions given for effective implementation of COTPA

July 21, 2019

Mysuru: The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) – 2003, which is there for the control of tobacco should be implemented strictly to save youths, children and the public from the ill effects of tobacco, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) B.R. Poornima. She was speaking at the Tobacco Control and Tobacco-Free Mysuru project progress…

Workshop on COTPA Act implementation held
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Workshop on COTPA Act implementation held

July 19, 2019

Mysuru: In a bid to ensure the health of non-smokers, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come forward to strictly implement the COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act), 2013. As part of it, the MCC had organised a training workshop on COTPA Act for its Health Inspectors at a private hotel here on Wednesday….

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