Hunsur/ Periyapatna: In a move to curb tobacco menace in public places, officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department, District Tobacco Control Cell, which conducted separate drives in Hunsur taluk and Periyapatna taluk with the help of Hunsur and Periyapatna Police on June 14 and 15, have booked a total of 43 cases against shop owners for not displaying instruction boards in their shops under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA) Act and have collected a total fine of Rs. 6,100 from them.
The drives were carried out on bars and restaurants, pan shops and other shops selling tobacco products in both the taluks.
