INTRODUCTION

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 or COTPA, 2003 is an Act of Parliament of India enacted in 2003 to prohibit advertisement of, and to provide for the regulation of trade and commerce in, and production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products in India.

Kulgam is the first district in J&K and among few districts of country to implement Tobacco Vending License in order to regulate the sale of Ciggarettes and other Tobacco Products