To curb tobacco usage among teenagers the state education department has asked the city’s school principals to report shops selling tobacco within 100 yards of the school to education inspectors, ward officers, district collectors and even the local police station.u00a0B. Mane, education inspector of South Zone, said, “It has been observed by the government that teenagers are getting more involved in the consumption of the tobacco, hence this information might have been sought by the government.”

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