KINS Desk
Srinagar Oct 10: Food Safety Department Saturday fined many people for smoking at public places.
An official told news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS) that a special drive to implement section 4 of cigarettes and other tobacco product act was conducted in and around major hospital premises of district Srinagar by a team of food safety officers headed by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar.
“The hospitals which were covered include SMHS, Super Speciality Hospital, Lalla Ded and G B Panth. An amount of Rs 4400 was recovered from those who were found smoking at these public places. Commissioner Food and Drugs administration Shakeel Ur Rehman has directed the enforcement officers to strictly implement the provisions of COTPA and has appealed the general public to desist from smoking as it adversely impacts the health of active as well as passive smokers,” official said.
