For the effective implementation of COTPA 2003, an enforcement drive was carried out to check the sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions on September 29 at Mon.
According to a DIPR report, 18 shops were penalised for selling tobacco products near educational institutions.
The team seized the products and destroyed the items in the outskirts of the town.
The team was led by district nodal officer National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) Mon, Dr. I. Simon Sumi, and district consultant NTCP Mon, Nyeamying Konyak along with representatives from district administration, excise department, police department and district tobacco control cell (DTCC) Mon.