NGO seeks action against Ajay Devgn for smoking in public

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NGO seeks action against actor Ajay Devgn for smoking in public on the sets of Golmaal 3 in Goa

A tobacco watchdog organisation on Wednesday asked the health authorities to fine actor Ajay Devgn for smoking in public while on the sets of his film Golmaal 3 in Goa (above).

In a complaint to the state Tobacco Control Cell and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) general secretary Shekhar Salkar has said that Devgn, who has also been fined earlier for smok- ing in public in Chandigarh, deserved more stringent action as he was becoming a habitual offender of the `no smoking in public' rule.

Local newspaper flashed photographs of Devgn smok- ing on the sets of Golmaal 3 on Tuesday, with the film's director Rohit Shetty stand- ing an arm's length away.

The general secretary of NOTE, which has in the past dragged actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to court for promoting smoking, has also said that habitual violators of the COPTA law should be jailed. “Fine for the first offense should be Rs 500, for the second it should be raised to Rs 5,000 and for the third offense an imprisonment for a period of six months, in addition to a fine of Rs 5,000 should be imposed,“ Salkar said.

Devgn is the third actor to be caught smoking in Goa this month. Earlier this month, actors Tusshar Kapoor and Arshad Warsi were hauled up by NOTE for smoking during a film shoot in Margao.
 
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