'Smoking In Public Place Is Punishable Under COTPA' Manipur State Nodal Officer

Yesterday, Somorjit Ningombam, State Nodal Officer, National Tobacco Control Programme (NTPC), said that various laws available for public health is useless in Manipur as no law enforcers have ever acted to actually enforce them. Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA), was enacted by the Government of India to evade dangerous health effects of