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New order prohibits the sale of cigarettes and tobacco within 100 yards of all educational institutes
Jump to full article: India Express, 2008-08-16
Author: VARINDER BHATIA
Intro: Through an order, the Executive Magistrate-cum-Director Public Instruction (Schools), SK Setia, has prohibited nearly 125 shops from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products within 100 yards of all educational institutes in Chandigarh . The said shops face closure should they fail to comply with the order.
The order has come in response to a number of complaints filed by social activist Hemant Goswami, who is also a member of the 'National Steering Committee on Tobacco Control' constituted by the Union Government.
Earlier, the entire city was surveyed, and an NGO named 'Burning Brain Society' prepared a list of nearly 125 tobacco vendors selling tobacco products within 100 yards of any educational institution.
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