Government's New Anti-Smoking Law: How Will the Ban on Loose Cigarettes Affect You?

Government Proposes Amendment to Anti-Smoking Law

Putting speculations to rest, the government on Tuesday proposed to amend the anti-smoking law, recommending a ban on the sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age for buying tobacco products to 21 years from the existing 18.

According to the market research firm Euromonitor International India, 70 percent of cigarettes sold in India are sold in the form of loose cigarettes, and 102.1 billion sticks of cigarettes were smoked during the last year.

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Attached: Draft of Amendment Bill for public comments

Regards

I feel the root cause of smoking comes from your childhood. As a teenager, when you see someone smoking and experiencing pleasure, definitely a need or an urge to smoke arises. If this law is implemented, our youth will be saved. The ill effects of smoking will be made known to the general masses.

Hope people understand that smoking will kill you and those who are close to you.