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Jump to full article: Press Information Bureau-Government of India (in), 2008-04-16
Author: PIB Press Release
Intro: Section 6 of "The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003" Tobacco Control Act, prohibits sale of cigarette and other tobacco products of a person below the age of 18 years. States Government are mainly responsible for implementation of the provisions of the Act.
Government of India has launched the pilot phase of the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) in 2007-08. The proposed national programme broadly includes.
1. Capacity building of the State in the effective implement of the tobacco control act, 2003. It is proposed to set up State Tobacco Control Cells and District Level monitoring cells.
2. Train health workers, schoolteachers, etc. on ill effects of Tobacco.
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