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Ban on smoking up in smoke in Meghalaya: VHAM  

Despite the ban on smoking in public places enforced a year ago it is yet to be implemented properly in the state, a Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya (VHAM) has claimed.

According to a survey conducted by VHAM, except for public places like restaurants and hotels no punitive measures have been taken to deal with the violators as per provisions of the Act, VHAM said at a Convergence of legislators and Civil Societies on Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA) here yesterday.

The findings also revealed that little was done by the education department to strictly enforce the Act banning the sale of tobacco products in and around schools and other educational institutions, sources said.

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