2025年2月3日 · India's gutkha ban, a public health milestone, has been undermined by industry circumvention, weak enforcement, and systemic corruption. Exploiting legal loopholes, …

2023年4月8日 · The ban on gutkha in India has not succeeded in reducing the use of smokeless tobacco, as evidenced by the continued prevalence of its use in two-packet form. A recent …

2024年3月30日 · Claiming the success of the gutkha ban in India, despite growing evidence against it, becomes part of the surrogate gutkha promotion system. As health-care …

However, companies producing gutkha have found ways to circumvent the ban by producing pan masala (a non-tobacco product containing areca nuts, slaked lime, catechu, and seasonings) …

On July 19 th, 2012, the government of Maharashtra prohibited the manufacturing, storage, distribution or sale of gutkha and pan masala for one year, renewable thereafter 11 – 13. …

• Gutka, a popular product that combined chewing tobacco and pan masala spices in one packet, was banned across all of India in 2013 • After the ban, individual chewing tobacco and pan …

More than one-quarter of tobacco product retailers interviewed reported that they had been approached post-ban by a supplier to continue selling pre-packaged gutka. Surveys were …

2023年2月14日 · New Delhi: The persistent effort of India’s smokeless tobacco industry to skirt around the decade-old ban and re-introduce gutka, pan masala, khaini, zarda and other …

2023年4月13日 · The Delhi High Court held that Pan masala, gutka or any other form of chewing tobacco is meant for human consumption will fall under the ambit of Section 3 (1) (j) of Food …

2024年10月29日 · The West Bengal government has renewed its ban on the manufacturing, storage, and sale of gutkha and pan masala products containing tobacco or nicotine for an …