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Dr Vishal Rao, a member of Karnataka’s Vision Group for Biotechnology, highlights government support. They have initiated talks, workshops, a public-access immunology journal, and collaborations with research institutes and medical colleges nationwide.
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has made it amply clear that the state government will amend the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003 and make it so stringent and watertight that hookah bar operators won’t be able to get the order reversed in their favour in courts
Given the serious health risks associated with hookah smoking, the state government took decisive action by banning hookah smoking across the state by amending the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).