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Ban on sale of loose cigarettes: HC puts ball in Govt's court 5/13/2016 11:57:44 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 13: The state high court has left it for the government to ban the sale of loose cigarettes and other tobacco products in the state. Disposing of a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice A M Magrey however directed government to strictly enforce pictorial warning on the cigarette packets and other tobacco products. "The prayer cannot be granted as it is the wisdom of the state authorities to decide as to impose a ban or not on the products," the court said, while disposing of a PIL, seeking a ban on use of loose cigarettes and other tobacco products. The PIL was filed by one Mohammad Altaf Dar, a resident of Budgam in central Kashmir. The petitioner had said that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is emerging as smoking capital of Northern India and smoking is almost double the nationwide prevalence as the state has 12% of cigarette smokers as compared to the nationwide prevalence of 5.7%. he said it has also came to light that highest proportion of Adults, 67.9% ,are exposed to tobacco smoking in offices. He had said that the parliament of India passed an Act, the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003 in order to regulate trade, commerce ,supply ,distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products in May 2004. "The loose cigarette is mostly sold to younger generations who cannot afford a full package of cigarette or tobacco. On one side it violates the section 7 of the Act as without warning and on other side it plays havocs with the health of the young people including school going children," the petitioner had said. He had said that the states like Punjab, U.P, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh have already issued notifications to ban sale of loose cigarettes and tobacco in order to plug the loop holes in the Act.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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