Anti-tobacco groups applaud gutka ban in states

Shalini, CNN-IBN | Jul 25, 2012 at 10:00am


New Delhi/Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, six states have banned gutka and other tobacco products. The anti-tobacco lobby is calling it a major victory. While the country is fighting the larger battle to ban gutka, Sarfabad in Uttar Pradesh has become the third village to go tobacco free. The Panchayat there has decided to ban gutka after several young people succumbed to critical diseases.

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