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Public Smoking: Can COTPA change the lifestyle of the people in West Bengal?

Sep 27, 2019, at 01:32 pm

Kolkata:  War against tobacco epidemic began more than a decade ago but could only achieve limited success with certain parts of India lagging behind in enforcing laws to combat it. According to Tobacco Free West Bengal,  a non-governmental initiative which is making an effort to deliver high impact, evidence-based tobacco-control interventions,  the law under which smoking in public places is prohibited must be enforced in the state.