Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Cigarettes, tobacco shops can never again offer chips, bread rolls, confections

The move is aimed at preventing exposure of children to tobacco products

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In what may come as a help for guardians, shops authorized to offer tobacco items won't be permitted to offer any non-tobacco items.

The move is gone for anticipating presentation of youngsters to tobacco items.

As indicated by a letter flowed by monetary counsel in the service of wellbeing and family welfare, Arun Kumar Jha, expressed, "It is felt that the control of tobacco items can be made more powerful. It will be suitable to build up a system to give consent or approval through Municipal Authority to the retail shops who are offering tobacco items"

"Further, it would likewise be proper to make a condition or arrangement in the approval that the shops approved for offering tobacco items, can't offer any non-tobacco items, for example, toffees, confections, chips, bread rolls, soda pops, and so forth., which are basically implied for non-client, particularly youngsters," Jha said in the letter.

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, disheartens deals.

What Section 6 of the Control of Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003 says

— Prohibition of smoking in all public places

— Prohibition of direct and indirect advertisement, promotion and sponsorship of cigarettes and other tobacco products

— No person shall sell, offer for sale or permit sale of cigarette or any other tobacco product

— to any person under 18 years

— within a radius of 100 yards of any educational institution

"The focal government has established the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulations of Trade and Commerce Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA), to demoralize the utilization of tobacco, with accentuation on assurance of youngsters and youngsters from being dependent on the utilization of tobacco, with a view to accomplish change of general wellbeing when all is said in done," expressed Jha....READ MORE

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