Punjab bans gutkha

It is the ninth state to do so

Madhya Pradesh bans gutkha and other chewing tobacco products

Licences of two gutkha manufacturing companies were cancelled in March

After gutkha, Bihar government bans smokeless tobacco

Plans to raise tax on cigarettes and bidis by up to 60 per cent

Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day

The ban is already successful in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala

Odisha follows in the footsteps of states that have banned gutkha

More than 43 per cent people in the state consume tobacco in one form or other

Maharshtra mulls making sale of gutkha non-bailable offence

Penal action proposed against consumers to ensure strict implementation of gutkha ban

Gutkha ban has reduced consumption of tobacco in India: WHO

India is the world’s largest consumer of smokeless tobacco; nearly one million people die in the country every year due to tobacco use

'It is strange that government promotes products which directly cause cancer'

Pankaj Chaturvedi, associate professor and head and neck cancer surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, was recently honoured with the Judy …

Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair

Calls them misleading and unjustified

Andhra bans gutkha, paan masala

Becomes 17th state in country to impose ban on them

Sikkim bans gutkha

It is the 13th state to do so after FSSAI issued a regulation last year

Enforce gutkha ban in Delhi: high court

Forum of doctors had sought ban; cited increasing incidence of oral and lung cancers

Delhi government decides to ban gutkha

Notification to be issued shortly

Ads term gutkha ban unfair

Analysts call the ads misleading; health ministry plans action against industry

Kerala becomes second state to ban chewing tobacco

Those who violate ban may be fined up to Rs 5 lakh or imprisoned up to six years

Centre bans gutkha

Activists, health experts are sceptical; pin hope on Supreme Court’s verdict on smokeless tobacco