representative imagepatna with a view to tightening the noose around unlicensed shops selling cigarettes the patna municipal corporation pmc will take legal action against the stockists wholesalers and retailers and impose a fine of up to rs 5000 on them the civic body will also take strict action against those who use and sell tobacco openly for violation of the norms under the bihar municipal act 2007vendor licensing authorizes a business to engage in the sale of tobacco products from shops sidewalk stands and pushcarts these are registered with municipalities and adhere to the cigarettes and other tobacco products act 2003 advt talking to this reporter additional municipal commissioner rakesh kumar jha said the civic body had a tobacco control cell under which a task force would be formed in the azimabad bankipore kankerbagh new capital patliputra and patna city circles we need manpower to crack down on the shops that are selling tobacco products without a licence and create awareness about the rules rakesh told this newspaper and added the civic body will also ensure that tobacco vendors do not sell items like toffees chocolates chips biscuits and soft drinks which are essentially meant for childrenaccording to sources socioeconomic and educational development society seeds an ngo will provide technical support to the pmc and help it restrict the sale and advertising of tobacco products and raise awareness about the issuedeepak mishra the executive director of seeds pointed out that the bihar municipal act already had a provision of mandatory licence for sale of tobacco products but it is not followed he added several shops selling tobacco items do not even have the licence to do sodeepak further said now that the pmc has decided to enforce the order strictly we will provide technical support and ensure that the city becomes smokefree the violators will pay anywhere between rs 200 and rs 5000 as fine advt by faryal rumi tnn published on sep 24 2021 at 0439 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app cigarettes tobacco patna municipal corporation seeds socioeconomic and educational development society vendor licensing homenewsunlicensed shops selling tobacco to face action