Progress in reducing tobacco use is a key indicator for measuring countries’ efforts to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – target 3.a under the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to impose ban on sale of gutkha, pan masala and other such tobacco products in the state. State Commissioner of Food Safety had requested the government to permit him to impose ban on gutkha, pan masala and other chewable products, a Government Order (GO) issued on Wednesday said.
The Odisha government on Friday issued the notification for banning manufacturing, sale and use of gutkha in the state. “In pursuance of regulation 2.3.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulation-2011, the manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients by whatsoever name available in the market is hereby prohibited in the greater interest of public,” the notification read. Food inspectors and inspectors of police have been authorised through the notification to implement the ban in their respective areas of jurisdiction, secretary (health) P K Mohapatra said .
Expressing dismay over the government’s inaction, the Supreme Court today restored the ban imposed on the advertisements on cigarettes and other tobacco products under a law enacted by Parliament in 2003. A Bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and Gyan Sudha Misra said the stay granted by the Bombay High Court in December 2005 on the ban had “totally frustrated” the law put in place in public interest.
Death Clock, a billboard counting death of 156 people in Bangladesh every day due to tobacco uses, set up at Bijoy Smarani in the capital, is waiting for inauguration shortly, according to anti-tobacco
The government has started the implementation of the Tobacco Control with the beginning of the new year. The Tobacco Control Act stipulates measures to control use of tobacco including prohibition of
The ban on the sale of gutkha, pan masala and other chewing tobacco-based products in Uttarakhand came into effect from Tuesday. “This is a comprehensive ban on the sale, stocking and production of gutkha and all other tobacco chewing products in Uttarakhand,” a top government official said. Most of the shopkeepers and vendors in Dehradun city, said they were not selling gutkha or any other tobbaco-based products anymore. Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi said the government would strictly enforce the ban on the sale of gutkha and similar products in the state.
Joining the league of tobacco-free states, the Odisha government on Tuesday imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale and consumption of guthka in the state. “Rising up to its concern for healthy living of common people, the state government has decided to ban tobacco containing gutkha according to section 234 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulation, 2011,” Health and Family Welfare minister Damodar Rout said. He said, the Supreme Court and different high courts had earlier directed the states to slap such a ban as the nicotine-contained chewing masalas cause diseases like cancer.
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - Islamabad—The federal capital district administration has decided to launch anti-smoking awareness campaign in collaboration with the civil society, traders and educationists.
According to a recent survey conducted by NGO Salaam Bombay Foundation in Mumbai, 94% of the 2500 respondents are in favor of the ban on gutkha & paan masala in Maharashtra. One of the main reasons why
In an attempt to check smuggling of gutkha and paan masala from other states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed a special flying squad to inspect private vehicles and trains entering
