Jaipur: Health experts demand that the state government must register all vendors and stores mandatory to sell tobacco products.
Expressing their concerns to the findings of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), released recently, highlighted that 97% of current cigarette smokers (children 13-15 years) and 98% of Bidi smokers are currently buying cigarettes and midwives from the store, Store Paan and street vendors or vending machines, health experts demand effective implementation of cigarettes and other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA) 2003 and Juvenile Justice Law.
The sad reality is that 98% of cigarette smokers and 99.5% of Bidi smokers were not rejected because of their age, showing, surveys.
“This survey shows children to buy tobacco products from shops and they are not rejected.
Being an expert in ENT surgeons and cancer, I see patients suffering from cancer due to tobacco use.
Some children start chewing tobacco at the age of 7.
We demand From the state government to make store registration mandatory to sell tobacco products.
If they violate the law and sell tobacco products to children, their registration will be canceled and they will get a sentence in accordance with the law, “said Dr.
Pawan Singhal, Professor (ENT) , SMS Medical College.