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Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day
Issue Date: May 31, 2012
Following the lead of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, Bihar has now banned gutkha, chewing tobacco. The announcement to this effect was made on May 31, also celebrated as World No Tobacco Day.
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Madhya Pradesh bans gutkha and other chewing tobacco products
Issue Date: Apr 3, 2012
Concerned over increasing cases of mouth cancer in the state, the Madhya Pradesh government has banned all chewing tobacco products like gutkha from April 1. In three days tobacco worth over Rs 38 lakh and 26 lakh pouches was confiscated.
Earlier in March, health minister Narottam Mishra had announced in the state assembly that licences of two gutkha manufacturing companies, Rajshree gutkha and Guru gutkha, had been cancelled and no new company making chewing tobacco would be allowed to set base in the state.
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