INDIA
Assam’s state government has imposed a complete ban on the sale, manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, and display of gutka, pan masala, and chewing materials containing tobacco and nicotine for one year, in a move to make Assam a tobacco-free state.
The Assam government had previously banned the manufacture and distribution of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine for a period of one year in 2013.