The age limit for buying tobacco in karnataka will be raised to 21 years. minister Dinesh Gundurao said that the hookah bars will also be cleaned. health minister Dinesh Gundurao said that only those above 18 years of age are allowed to buy tobacco in the state, and by amending the Kotpa Act, the limit will be increased up to 21 years. He discussed banning other tobacco products in public places in a meeting held at Vikas Soudha in Bangalore. After talking to the media, he said that the opportunity in the law to buy tobacco in the state will be revised. Now, instead of 18 years, the Kotpa Act will be amended to be above 21 years. He informed that the purchase of tobacco products is being banned for those under 21 years of age. He said that the sale and service of tobacco products will be banned around schools, temples and hospitals. In this regard, the Kotpa Act will be amended. The previous Kotpa Act had banned smoking in public places. He said that it has been decided to amend the COTPA Act to ban the consumption and sale of other tobacco products besides cigarettes.
The youth are increasingly attracted to hookah bars in the city and town areas of the state. This is having a bad effect on the health of the youth. Against this background, measures will be taken to ban the consumption of drugs in hookah bars in collaboration with the local organizations of the city and the police department. sports minister nagendra has given some advice on imposing control on hookah bars, and in the amendment of Kotpa Act, consumption of drugs in hookah bars will be banned. Not only schools and colleges, but also near temples and hospitals, tobacco sales are prohibited in all public places including schools, colleges, hospitals, childcare centers, health care centers, temples, temples, mosques and parks. Losing their precious future. In this background, we have taken a firm decision to root out illegal activities, he said.
After consuming tobacco, the youth were attracted to drugs and substance abuse. Tobacco use laid the foundation for all this. minister Dinesh Gundurao said that we have started to correct the problem at the source.
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