Saif in trouble for promoting smoking in Go Goa Gone
29 March 2013 5:59 AM IST
An anti-tobacco organisation here Thursday demanded that Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan should be punished for violating the country’s anti-smoking laws in promoting his latest film Go Goa Gone.
Shekhar Salkar, general secretary of National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India, registered a complaint with the North Goa district collector and deputy inspector general of police, seeking punishment for Saif under provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COPTA), 2003. In a separate letter to Saif, Salkar said the actor was an icon for millions of Indians and that he should be careful while choosing his public appearances.‘A person of your stature has to be utterly careful,’ he said.
Shekhar Salkar, general secretary of National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India, registered a complaint with the North Goa district collector and deputy inspector general of police, seeking punishment for Saif under provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COPTA), 2003. In a separate letter to Saif, Salkar said the actor was an icon for millions of Indians and that he should be careful while choosing his public appearances.‘A person of your stature has to be utterly careful,’ he said.
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