CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The West Bengal government has imposed a ban on the manufacturing, storage, sale, or distribution of gutkha and pan masala containing tobacco and/or nicotine as ingredients for a period.

Detailed explanation-2: -Regulations over the years Given the health risks associated with these, the Maharashtra government first prohibited consumption, production, sale, distribution, and storage of gutkha, pan masala, and related products in 2012. This prohibition was further extended in 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -GUWAHATI: Assam became the first state to legally ban consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco, including pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine, through an act which comes into effect on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-4: -In an important anti-tobacco move, the state government of Maharashtra has banned the sale, display, manufacture, and distribution of gutka and paan masala, two very popular chewable tobacco based products.