Odisha govt bans gutkha, panmasala

January 04, 2013 20:38

The Odisha government in a notification today clamped a ban on the manufacture, sale and use of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco or nicotine. "The manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients by whatsoever name available in the market is hereby prohibited ... in the greater interest of public," the notification said.

The notification came three days after Health and Family Welfare Minister Damodar Rout announced about the move urging the people to cooperate with the government to make Odisha a "tobacco-free state."

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