Bengaluru has been awarded the 2019 Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco (APCAT) Control and NCDs Prevention 'APCAT AWARD 2019' for its leadership in increasing local compliance with state smoke-free laws.
The award was announced on September 26 at the 4th APCAT Summit held at Bogor, Indonesia. Bengaluru has been awarded for the implementation of smoke-free laws with a special focus on secondhand smoke. The project, called 'Smoke-Free Bengaluru', under Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has been recognised for the same.
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