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Written By: Agencies | Published : October 10, 2013 12:59 PM IST
Over 17,000 people have been issued tickets (challaned) by the Punjab government this year for violating ban on smoking in public places, a senior health officer said on Wednesday.
Punjab's Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Vini Mahajan said that 12 districts in Punjab have already been declared tobacco smoke-free.
'From January 2013 to August 2013, more than 17,000 violators have been challaned under COTPA (Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act),' Mahajan said at a workshop here attended by health officials from twelve states.
It was disclosed that Punjab is the first state to declare e-cigarettes illegal. (Read: Different ways to quit smoking)
Source: IANS
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