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Pakistan: Enforcing Anti-tobacco Laws: ''Smoke Free Islamabad'' Enters Round Three Source from: The Express Tribune 12/20/2012 ![]() As part of its ongoing efforts to make Islamabad a model smoke free city by 2013, the federal government will launch the third phase of the project on January 1. This was stated by the Tobacco Control Cell (TCC) Project Manager Muhammad Javed while talking to The Express Tribune. Meanwhile, the shopkeepers found selling tobacco products within the 50-metre radius of any educational institute or advertising agency will be fined Rs5,000 for the first time and if they violate the law again, they will be fined Rs10,000 and will be liable to three-year imprisonment. However, the biggest challenge in implementing the anti-tobacco law is the lack of awareness about the law and the right to register complains against the people violating it, he observed. Earlier in May, a District Implementation and Monitoring Committee was constituted. Representatives from various orgaisations such as Federal Board of Revenue, Islamabad Traffic Police, educational institutes, Islamabad Police, Capital Development Authority among others are active members of the committee. |