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Anti-tobacco groups demand ban on gutka sale in the Capital [1]

‘We have brought in stringent laws to check smoking in public places’

Members of various non-government organisations working in the area of tobacco control have demanded that Delhi too join the various States across the country and ban gutka/smokless tobacco products sale in the Capital which will have a direct health benefit for over 10 lakh gutka users specially youngsters. Voluntary Health Association of India executive director Bhavna Mukhopadhyay said: “We have met with the Delhi Chief Minister on Monday and asked her to consider the ban.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2012
Bindu Shajan Perappadan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
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Tobacco [4], Smoking [5], Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) [6], Health Effects [7], Tobacco Related Cancer [8], Madhya Pradesh [9], Kerala [10], Bihar [11], Maharashtra [12], Rajasthan [13], Haryana [14], Jharkhand [15], Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI) [16], Children [17], Child Health [18], Women [19], Health [20], Delhi [21]

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