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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar August 19While the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products is prohibited within a 100- yard radius of educational institutions vendors are flouting the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition) Act without any fear of law. Residents said the guidelines related to the sale of tobacco products should be strictly implemented. —A health officialApart from selling tobacco products near the institutes law also prohibits vendors to sell it to minors. However at many of these vends minors can be seen selling and purchasing tobacco products. It requires huge manpower to check violation in the entire city.”As per the guidelines of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition) Act sale of tobacco products to minors and sale within the periphery of an educational institution is a criminal offence and offender could be jailed for upto seven years..