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Act tough against tobacco sales in restricted zones: DC
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Act tough against tobacco sales in restricted zones: DC

February 2, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V.  Rajendra has instructed the officers of Health and Family Welfare Department to pull up their socks and act tough by checking the sales of tobacco products within 100 metres radius of schools, colleges and hospitals. The DC also offered to recommend the names of best performing officers for Sarvottama…

Helping tobacco farmers grow alternative crops
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Helping tobacco farmers grow alternative crops

June 1, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: More than 1.3 million people die of tobacco use every year in India and a majority of them are afflicted with cancer. The country, which is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world, accounts for almost half of all oral cancers and the highest burden of tuberculosis globally.  Not surprisingly, smoking will…

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…

Consumption of tobacco products banned in public places: ADC
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Consumption of tobacco products banned in public places: ADC

November 17, 2020

Warns of penalising violators Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints of consumption of tobacco products in public places and illegal sale of it and also conducting raids and imposing fines had decreased since seven to eight months following COVID-19 pandemic. But from Nov. 12 (today), Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Dr. B.S. Manjunatha Swamy has instructed the officials concerned…

Spitting of tobacco invites penalty
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Spitting of tobacco invites penalty

July 17, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: As spitting of tobacco and pan masala may spread the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has banned spitting of chewable tobacco products and pan masala under Section (2) of Epidemic Diseases Act,1897. The District Tobacco Consumption Control Cell’s Surveillance Officer, in a press release, said that consumption and spitting of tobacco and pan masala in…

Awareness through street plays on harmful effects of tobacco
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Awareness through street plays on harmful effects of tobacco

January 28, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: To create awareness on the ill-effects of tobacco usage, the Interactors of Rotary Midtown  Academy went on a Jatha and performed street plays at four villages of Kergalli, Badagolahundi, Ramanahundi and Nanjarajayyana hundi recently. The school band performed march-past on the main streets of these villages and distributed handbills containing the harmful effects of…

Taking oath for ‘Tobacco-free Youth’
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Taking oath for ‘Tobacco-free Youth’

December 11, 2019

Mysuru: The National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of University of Mysore (UoM) and Sambandh Health Foundation (SHF), Gurgaon, had organised a workshop on ‘Tobacco-free Youth’ at Rani Bahadur auditorium in Manasagangothri here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme, UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar opined that the youth should be aware of the ills of tobacco consumption. …

Tobacco price: Ryots to protest against MP on Nov. 24
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Tobacco price: Ryots to protest against MP on Nov. 24

November 21, 2019

Mysuru: Accusing Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha of neglecting tobacco growers and failing to attend the meeting called to discuss the issues, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will be protesting simultaneously in front of the MP’s residence and office on Nov.24, said KRRS and Hasiru Sene State President Badagalapura Nagendra, here yesterday. …

33 booked for selling tobacco products in violation of norms
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33 booked for selling tobacco products in violation of norms

February 17, 2017

In a move aimed at curbing tobacco menace in public places, officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department  carried out a drive  and booked cases against 33 persons for illegal sale of tobacco products under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA) Act and collected a fine of Rs. 5,100 from them….

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