TNPFTC Expresses its Support for Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) Proposed Amendment Bill, 2020
30th January, 2021: Tamil Nadu People's Forum for Tobacco Control (TNPFTC) welcomes the Proposed Amendment Bill of COTPA.2020. In the last 17 years since the law was first introduced in 2003, the provisions of the law have been used in countering the tobacco industry's tactics to advertise and promote tobacco use in India. However, in spite of the Government's best efforts to effectively enforce the law and our resolve to ensure that violations are adequately reported the industry has been able to target, especially children, through their indirect promotion tactics. (L to R) Dr. Meenakshi. President IDA Madras Branch; S. Cyril Alexander, State Convenor, TNPFTC; Dr. Surendran, Associate Professor, Department of Psycho-oncology, Cancer Institute; Dr. Chandra Gupta. Immediate past President, IDA Madras Branch In view of the increasing tobacco industry interference and circumvention of the law, there is an urgent need to further strengthen the law in order to ...