TURA: West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner and Chairman of the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) Ram Singh on Wednesday informed orders have been issued with regard to the ban on sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products for underage children in the district. Notification to the vendors to put up a notice in front of the shop indicating the ban on tobacco products to minors has also been given.
The Deputy Commissioner was speaking during the District Level Coordination Committee meeting and Orientation programme for stakeholders on NTCP which was held in Tura.
Reminding that it is not only the duty of the District Administration or the police to check the menace of tobacco users, he called upon the citizens of the district to take it as a responsibility of sensitising the minors including students about the ill-effects of using tobacco which usually starts at the teenage-level and ruins the bright career prospects of the students.
State Nodal Officer Lana Lyngdoh Nongbri informed about the formation of the Constitution of State Level Coordination Committee with the Chief Secretary as the Chairman and District Level Coordination Committee with Deputy Commissioner as Chairman in the respective districts to implement the NTCP effectively in the entire state.
