Nagpur: Vimala R District collector has issued instructions for strictly upholding cigarettes and other tobacco product laws, 2003 or COTPA, especially, in 100 school meters during the National Tobacco Control Program Coordination Meeting (NTCP) and the National Oral Health Program (NOHP ) Earlier this week.
Committees emphasize to increase the ‘yellow line’ campaign near the school to mark the 100m boundaries between other steps.
Collectors, which are president of the district level committee for NTCP and NOHP, have underlined the need to create awareness by education.
The department of tobacco abuse is near the institution that cannot have the sale or use of these substances within 100 meters of the building.
Vimala R has also emphasized the coordination of various departments such as houses (police), education, agriculture, health, agriculture and food and food.
Drug Administration for more stringent COTPA 2003 implementations.
He showed during the meeting that even though the law in his place there was a rampant violation that needed to be examined with a multi-branch approach.
The collector also instructs the heads of each department to install anti-tobacco messages in leading places that underline information about actions that will begin with abuse in the government’s premise.
DYSP Sanjay Purandhare, who attended the meeting, had told the collector about the role.
The police department in enforcing Denmark Iqbal’s anti-tobacco law, one of the committee members, has told the action that began on 25 people for violating COTPA in the past year.
“About 55 schools have been borne by a yellow line campaign,” he said, adding, around 140 schools in the district have been declared tobacco free.
Civil God Dr.
Nitin Gulhane said the two committees would now increase the awareness campaign against tobacco under the supervision of collectors.
“Actions against violators need to be taken and highlight to develop a preventive mentality,” he said.