3,000 tobacco law violations detected

Authorities have found over 3,000 instances of tobacco laws being broken between January and September, according to numbers from the Department of Health. Restaurants and casinos topped the list of places where most violations occurred, with 448 and 343 cases respectively. There were also 37 suspected violations of the law on controlling alcohol consumption by minors. Most tobacco violations involved smoking in designed non-smoking areas. The Health Services conducted nearly 200,000 inspections of establishments during the first nine months of the year, finding violations through random checks at restaurants, casinos and other venues. One case involved the illegal sale of tobacco to minors in Areia Preta, with authorities reminding sellers to check IDs to avoid fines.