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The objective of the Bill is to amend some provisions of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003. The salient features of the draft Bill are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union and protection of public health policies for <b>tobacco control<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibition of <b>\u201csmoking\u201d<\/b> and <b>\u201cspitting of tobacco\u201d<\/b> products in public place.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibition on <b>direct and indirect advertisement<\/b> and promotion of cigarettes or any other tobacco products.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibition on sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to person below the <b>age of 21 years, <\/b>and in an area <b>within a radius 100 meters <\/b>of any educational institution.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibition on sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products <b>loose or in single sticks.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Prohibition on employment<b> <\/b>of any person under the age of 18 years in cultivation, processing, sale of tobacco or tobacco products.<\/li>\n<li><b>Disclosure of the information<\/b> regarding the \u201cconstituents and emissions\u201d on each cigarette or other tobacco product by the producer, supplier, distributor or seller on every package.<\/li>\n<li>Substitution of words \u201cnicotine and tar\u201d with the <b>\u201cconstituents and emissions<\/b>\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Constitution of the <b>Special Courts<\/b> for trial of offences under the proposed Act.<\/li>\n<li>Punishment for failure to give <b>\u201cspecified warning\u201d<\/b> and <b>\u201cconstituents and emissions\u201d<\/b> on the package and the label on the cigarette or any other tobacco product.<\/li>\n<li><b>Enhancement of punishment<\/b> for smoking and tobacco use in public place from Rs 200 to Rs.1000.<\/li>\n<li><b>Enhancement of punishment<\/b> for advertisement and promotion of cigarettes and other tobacco products from Rs.1000 to Rs.10000.<\/li>\n<li>Constitution of <b>National Tobacco Control Organisation<\/b> to implement and monitor the provisions and functions related to tobacco control.<\/li>\n<li>Offences punishable under 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