Odisha bans use of 'gutkha', chewing tobacco

January 01, 2013 17:21

Odisha government on Tuesday announced a state-wide ban on the manufacture, sale and use of guthka and chewing tobacco containing nicotine."I appeal to people to cooperate with the state government to make Odisha a tobacco-free state,' Health and Family Welfare Minister Damodar Rout said.

A notification in this regard will be issued in a day or two, he added.Noting that Odisha was not the only state where government imposed such a ban, Rout said the Supreme Court and different high courts had earlier directed the states to slap such a ban as the nicotine-contained chewing masalas triggered diseases like cancer.

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