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Cigarette

When the cigarette is lit, the tobacco inside burns, producing smoke that contains a mixture of chemicals, including carbon monoxide, tar, formaldehyde, and other toxic substances.

Measures to Ensure a Tobacco Free Atmosphere in Schools

Display of No Smoking Area signage at prominent places in the educational institutions as smoking in a public place is prohibited under section 4 of the Act.

West Bengal Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting and Protection of Health of Non-smokers and Minors Act, 2001

An Act to provide for prohibiting the use of tobacco in any form and spitting in places of public work or use and in public service vehicles in the State of West Bengal and to make provisions for the protection of health of non-smokers and minors and other matters concerned therein or incidental thereto.