mohali the antitobacco team of the district health department caught 23 vendors selling banned imported cigarettes and issued challans to them under the cigarettes and other tobacco products prohibition cotpa act 2003 23 challans were issued and a fine of rs 3200 was collected from violators by the antitobacco team of the district health department here on tuesday antitobacco nodal officer dr navdeep singh said that on the instructions of civil surgeon dr rupinder gill the team carried out surprise checks at around 30 kiosks and shops around mohali a total of 23 challans were issued to people selling tobacco products in violation of the cigarettes and other tobacco products prohibition cotpa act 2003 and a fine of rs 3200 was collected from the violators said dr navdeep singhhe said that a few street vendors were caught selling cigarettes without any pictorial warning while some were selling imported cigarettes in violation of the act during the raids it was found that some food vendors were also selling tobacco products which is prohibited under the law tnn