The state cabinet approved a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage and distribution of all types of gutkha and paan masala which have tobacco and nicotine content due to increased number of oral cancer patients.
Cabinet co-ordination department’s principal secretary N N Pandey said the order would become effective in the entire state soon after publication of a notification.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/jharkhand-bans-some-tobacco-products
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tapan-chakravorti
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco-related-cancer
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety-and-standards-act-2006
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
