DOOMDOOMA: The Tinsukia district administration issued a prohibitory order U/S 133 whereby the sale of coconut, cigarettes, gutka, pan masala and tobacco products were banned within a radius of 100 metres from the existing educational institutions.
It came to the notice of the district administration that many business establishments were selling cigarettes, gutka, pan masala and tobacco products that are harmful to health near several educational institutions in Tinsukia district. Consequently, the school and college students started using these tobacco products due to the sale of such products near their respective educational institutions. The District Magistrate of Tinsukia, Saupneel Paul, therefore, issued the directive banning the sale of such harmful products in Tinsukia district. There is a strict ban on the sale of pan masala and other tobacco products. “Action will be taken under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code if any person or institution violates the ban,” it was stated in the aforesaid prohibitory order.
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