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Ban on pan masala and gutka brings fresh hope of eradicating chewing tobacco [1]

Cancer specialists and public health officials optimistic that incidence of cancer will come down
With the Union Health Ministry categorising pan masala and gutka as banned food products because they contain tobacco, there is fresh hope among cancer specialists and public health officials that incidence of cancer caused by these items will come down.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2011
K.V. Prasad [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Chennai (T) [4], Tobacco [5], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [6], Tobacco Related Cancer [7], Health Effects [8], Smoking [9], Health [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kv-prasad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-health-and-family-welfare
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco-related-cancer
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health