Gutka Tobacco Products Banned in Madhya Pradesh MP banned sale and manufacture of Tobacco Products

Gutka Tobacco Products Banned in Madhya Pradesh MP banned sale and manufacture of Tobacco Products

Madhya Pradesh government has banned sale and manufacture of any food that contains tobacco in Madhya Pradesh state.




Thus MP became the first state to ban tobacco products.

The Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the licenses of 17 gutka manufacturing units.

The state government has also confiscated tobacco worth over Rs 1 Crore, nearly 30 lakh pouches, including Khaini and Zarda.

MP FDA Ashwini Kumar, Commissioner told to media that
"Since April 1, we have seized over 30 lakh pouches - in some places being sold clandestinely - we are trying to impose the ban in those places as well – patch as long as khaini is taken through the oral route its banned,"

Ban is not the solution it will give rise to corruption.

The solution is increase in taxes.

If one pouch is sold for Rs.5 then one pouch tax should be Rs.5.

Ban will not stop the consumption but it will increase corruption and more boys and girls will start the eating Gutka as it will give them false feeling that they are more intelligent and got more money and got more power.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

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