Juvenile Justice Act to be applicable to person offering tobacco to minor
8 years, 5 months ago

Juvenile Justice Act to be applicable to person offering tobacco to minor

Firstpost  

CID of Assam Police has issued a directive that the Juvenile Justice Act was applicable to any person offering or selling tobacco products to any minor. Guwahati: CID of Assam Police has issued a directive that the Juvenile Justice Act was applicable to any person offering or selling tobacco products to any minor. Under Section 77 of the amended Act, if any person, other than a qualified medical practitioner, gives tobacco products or intoxicating beverage or any other narcotic or alcoholic products, he or she will be liable for imprisonment up to seven years and fine up to Rs 1 lakh. According to a circular issued by DIG Rounak Ali Hazarika, those selling tobacco products to minors, those promoting the use of tobacco products by minors in any manner will also be liable to face criminal proceedings.

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Karnataka government planning to ban hookah bars, raise age for smoking
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka government planning to ban hookah bars, raise age for smoking

India Today  

The Karnataka Health Minister, Dinesh Gundu Rao, announced that the government is considering banning hookah bars and raising the legal age for tobacco consumption from 18 to 21 years. The state government is also planning to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21. The current COTPA prohibits smoking in public places and the sale of tobacco …

Madras High Court Quashes COTPA Proceedings Filed Against Actor Dhanush For Film Poster Showing Him Smoking Cigarette
1 year, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Quashes COTPA Proceedings Filed Against Actor Dhanush For Film Poster Showing Him Smoking Cigarette

Live Law  

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5% teens in Maha between 13-15 years consume tobacco: Survey
3 years, 1 month ago

5% teens in Maha between 13-15 years consume tobacco: Survey

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Global Youth Tobacco Survey-4 by the Tata Memorial Centre in collaboration with the state public health department has found that Maharashtra has 5.1 percent tobacco users in the age group of 13-15 years. The survey, which had a sample size of 3,765 students aged 13-15 years, found around 31.5 percent of children were exposed to tobacco at public …

Pass Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products (Amendment) Bill And Make India, A livelier And Less Smoky Place
3 years, 9 months ago

Pass Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products (Amendment) Bill And Make India, A livelier And Less Smoky Place

Live Law  

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‘Withdraw COTPA Amendment Bill’
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Withdraw COTPA Amendment Bill’

The Hindu  

The proposed Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act Amendment Bill, 2020 has drawn flak from the Federation of All India Farmers’ Associations on the grounds that the amendments would adversely impact legal cigarette trade while giving a huge boost to the ‘ever-growing illicit cigarette business in India’. FAIFA, a non-profit organisation representing the cause of farmers and farm workers of …

Selling tobacco products to children will attract 7-year jail term and a fine of Rs 1 lakh
8 years, 10 months ago

Selling tobacco products to children will attract 7-year jail term and a fine of Rs 1 lakh

India TV News  

New Delhi: In a bid to curtail use of tobacco among children, The Narendra Modi government in its latest draft of Juvenile Justice act has made selling of tobacco products to children punishable up to 7 years and fixed a fine of Rs 1 lakh. The law rules that selling cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors will land sellers …

Sounding the smoke alarm
9 years, 2 months ago

Sounding the smoke alarm

The Hindu  

Thanks to the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, tobacco companies in India may find it hard to lure children below the age of 18 into the tobacco habit. Despite a ban on the sale of tobacco products to minors being in place since 2003, access to and availability of tobacco products was never a problem for children aged 13-15, according to …

Centre for raising age of person buying tobacco products to 21 years
10 years, 2 months ago

Centre for raising age of person buying tobacco products to 21 years

India TV News  

New Delhi: Brushing aside opposition, the government on Tuesday moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18. "No person shall sell, offer for sale, or permit sale of, cigarettes or any other tobacco products …

Government proposes ban on sale of loose cigarettes
10 years, 2 months ago

Government proposes ban on sale of loose cigarettes

India TV News  

New Delhi: Brushing aside opposition, the government on Tuesday moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18. “No person shall sell, offer for sale, or permit sale of, cigarettes or any other tobacco products …

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