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Delhi decides to ban gutka [1]

Notification banning manufacture, sale, transportation & storage to be issued today

The Delhi Government has decided to impose a complete ban on manufacture, sale, display, transportation and storage of gutka and other related products in the city. Health Minister A. K. Walia said on Monday that the decision was taken at a high-level meeting at Delhi Secretariat and a notification to this effect will be issued on Tuesday. “Gutka and other products contain paan masala, nicotine and tobacco particles, hence are harmful.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2012
Bindu Shajan Perappadan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
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Tobacco [4], Health Effects [5], Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI) [6], Madhya Pradesh [7], Kerala [8], Bihar [9], Maharashtra [10], Gujarat [11], Tobacco Related Cancer [12], Health [13], Delhi [14]
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