{"id":247941,"date":"2024-09-06T00:18:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=247941"},"modified":"2024-09-06T00:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:48:56","slug":"need-to-raise-awareness-on-cotpa-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/09\/06\/need-to-raise-awareness-on-cotpa-adc\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to raise awareness on COTPA: ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TAWANG, 5 Sep:<\/strong> Tawang ADC Sang Khandu called for forming a dedicated task force, comprising volunteers from NGOs, to raise awareness about the Cigarettes &amp; Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These volunteers could assist the authorities in monitoring violation of the Act in public areas and other prohibited spaces,&#8221; Khandu said, chairing a District Tobacco Control Cell meeting on COTPA and psychotropic substances here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Grassroots workers, teachers, and school monitors should be trained to effectively enforce the Act,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SP DW Thongon urged the public to act as the &#8220;eyes and ears&#8221; of the police, underscoring the importance of community policing, and requested civil society bodies, NGOs, and student unions to report unlawful activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) DPO Dr Sangey Thinley delivered a presentation on the impact of alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse in the society, while psychologist Lobsang Yuton from the DTCC presented a brief on the NTCP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">COs Balban Kamlo and Sumita Jongkey and representatives of various departments, NGOs and student unions offered suggestions on effective implementation of the COTPA in the district. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWANG, 5 Sep: Tawang ADC Sang Khandu called for forming a dedicated task force, comprising volunteers from NGOs, to raise awareness about the Cigarettes &amp; Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. &#8220;These volunteers could assist the authorities in monitoring violation of the Act in public areas and other prohibited spaces,&#8221; Khandu said, chairing a District [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}