indiatimes.com - 23 de septiembre de 2013 - India

Authorities turn blind eye to rampant tobacco promotion

GUWAHATI: Display of advertisement hoardings promoting tobacco products directly or indirectly is rampant in the city and also across the state. But there are minimum efforts on the part of the authorities concerned to remove them.

Ruchira Neog, executive secretary of Voluntary Health Association of Assam, said, "There are many shops in the city which have large hoardings advertising tobacco products. The presence of such hoardings larger than the prescribed (60cm x 45 cm) format at the point of sale and more than one board at one point of sale are regarded as violation of Section 5 of COPTA. This suggests that the Act has not been implemented properly."

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