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11 shacks selling cigarettes removed from periphery of schools, colleges 

Jump to full article: Indian Express, 2009-09-19
Author: Express News Service

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Cracking the whip against shopkeepers selling cigarettes in the radius of 100 metres around the educational centres, the city’s Health department teams identified and removed 11 such violations during a drive to enforce compliance with the ban on smoking in public places today.

The health team identified two shacks outside SCD Government College, which were situated in a radius of 100 metres from Government Senior Secondary School at Gobind Nagar, and also four stalls outside Khalsa College for Women, and removed them.

Four individuals were also issued challans for defying the ban on smoking at the bus stand outside Ludhiana Stock Exchange at Feroze Gandhi market.

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