GNS RAJOURI

Tahir Mushtaq (TNI) GNS JAMMU, May 30: Vendors selling tobacco products outside the outside hospitals and educational institutions are a common sight and authorities tend to overlook. This despite the fact that there is ban on the selling of the tobacco products outside these institutions. As the functions will mark the world tobacco day, question remain why no action is being taken against these people. Despite ban on smoking in public places, the violation is rampant in the city with many of the tea stalls and Dhabas near educational institutions providing space for smoking and students in groups could be seen blowing the cigarettes. The nationwide ban on smoking in public places was imposed in October 2008 under the provision of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition and Advertisements and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution)-Act 2003. Later in 2007, the state government asked local bodies to strictly monitor the ban and take action again