Nawanshahr - A meeting of the District Task Force under the National Tobacco Control Program was held on Tuesday at the District Administrative Complex, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa. Civil surgeon Dr Jaspreet Kaur along with all district program officers and representatives of various partner departments were present in this meeting.
Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa, emphasizing the need to save the new generation from the bad and deadly habit of tobacco, while issuing instructions to the members of the District Task Force, said that under the National Tobacco Control Program, the Kotpa Act should be effectively implemented in the district. be implemented Active participation of all partner departments is essential in this process.
He directed that joint teams of partner departments, including the health department, should be continuously checked in public places including educational institutions and if anyone is found violating the Kotpa Act, appropriate action should be taken against him. He said that we should all work together to make Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar a tobacco-free district.
He instructed the health department to start an intensive awareness campaign in urban and rural areas to make people aware of the ill effects of tobacco use. More and more challans should be issued against the violators of the Kotpa Act.
The Deputy Commissioner instructed the Municipal Council Department to issue maximum challans to those violating the Kotpa Act in urban areas. And it should be ensured that the shops/vendors selling tobacco products within their area should put up a board stating that it is a legal offense to sell tobacco products to a person below the age of 18 years.
Civil Surgeon Dr. Jaspreet Kaur informed the Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa that the Health Department is making all possible efforts to effectively implement the Kotpa Act in the district. He appealed to all the partner departments to play their active participation in it.
On this occasion, DSP Gurbinder Singh, Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr. Harpreet Singh, District Epidemiologist Shyamadeva, Surveillance Medical Officer Dr. Gagan Sharma, Senior Medical Officer Dr. Gitanjali Singh, Dr. Sonia, Dr. Gurinderjit Singh, Dr. Ravinder Singh, Dr. Gurpal Kataria, District Group Education and Information Afshar Daljit Singh, Block Extension Educator Vikas Virdi and other officials and employees of the Health Department were present.