Ludhiana, Feb. 13 -- With 2,846 challans issued from April 2024 to January 2025, Ludhiana district tops the charts in crackdown on violations pertaining to unauthorised sale of tobacco products, according to data from the National Tobacco Control Programme. The challans were issued under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).

HT has accessed a copy of the data. Amritsar came in second with 2,174 challans issued in the period. Ferozepur and Fazilka districts have not issued a single challan in the time period.

COTPA concerns the sale of tobacco products in proximity to educational institutes, laws on advertisement and warnings and selling the products to minors, according to National Tobacco Control Programme district nod...