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• A year on, smoking ban just on paper 

Jump to full article: The Times of India, 2009-10-02
Author: Kounteya Sinha, TNN

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India's ban on smoking in public places is yet to take off nationally. Imposed on October 2 last year, only 13 states have started an all out campaign to punish those found smoking in public.

Delhi leads the list of best performing states having challaned 11,362 people and having collected Rs 10.7 lakh in fines. Tamil Nadu fined 10,979 people found smoking in public places and collected Rs 12.63 lakh. In Gujarat, challaning was started from November across all districts. Till now, the state has collected Rs 84,090 in fines.

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