The Supreme Court Wednesday directed states and Union Territories to apprise it of the implementation of ban on sale and manufacture of gutkha and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine.

The Supreme Court today directed Health Secretaries of the States and Union Territories (UTs) to file compliance report on implementation of ban on sale and manufacture of gutka and pan masala cont

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Lucknow: Giving no respite to the state government or gutka manufacturers’ lobby, the Supreme Court upheld ban on sale, consumption and manufacture of gutka in Uttar Pradesh. The ban on gutka imposed by the Allahabad high court, therefore, came into effect on Monday evening. Principal secretary and commissioner, department of Food And Drug Administration Pravir Kumar confirmed the news stating, “The notification is already in place and it is now the duty of field officers to ensure implementation.”

Jammu and Kashmir is fast emerging as the smoking capital of North India. The monthly spending on tobacco products far outstrips the national average.

New Delhi: The new law making it mandatory for all tobacco products to carry stricter pictorial warnings came into force on Monday but its implementation was not visible on the ground.

Punjab is no land for guzzlers, both of soft and hard drinks.

Assam is all set to table a bill to ban manufacturing, sale and storage of all kinds of smokeless tobacco products in the state.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the bill would be tabled in the assembly in the ongoing budget session. He said the bill was awaiting clearance from the cabinet, after which it will be tabled in the assembly. "Assam will be first state to bring such a historic legislation," said Sarma.

JAMMU: In exercise of the powers vested upon him under clause (a) of sub-Section 30 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner of Food Safety, Jammu and Kashmir ordered ban on manufacture, storage, sale transportation, display or distribution of Gutkha in the State.

As per the notification number HD/Drug/58/2012 issued today the Commissioner of Food has prohibited distribution of Gutkha by whatever name and Pan Masala or Zarda containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients by any name.

The government on Monday placed a bill in parliament to restrict the use of tobacco, which kills 57,000 people every year, also inflicting an annual financial loss of around Tk 5,000 crore to the e

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