PANJIM: Staff of health department will be trained to implement the Control of Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), whose provisions ban smoking in public places, as part of measures to effectively implement the Act in Goa.
The move suggested during a brainstorming session of a workshop on ‘Tobacco Control and the role of enforcement agencies’ organised by the Voluntary Health Association of Goa, VHAG recently also suggests making police more proactive in enforcing the no smoking law in Goa.
The health officers along with the state nodal officer and the member secretary (of tobacco control) suggested that they train their own staff on how to implement the Act.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/health-department-staff-be-trained-enforce-smoking-ban
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/herald-panjim
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco-related-cancer
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/goa
