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In the ongoing budget session, the Jharkhand government has passed a bill to amend the fine for smoking and spitting in public. 
Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Jharkhand Amendment bill 2021 would impose a fine of ₹1,000 on those who are caught smoking or spitting in public places.
Earlier, the fine for the same offence was ₹200. The state health minister also mentioned that selling tobacco to consume less than 21 years of age would be a punishable offence.
