Dehradun: Uttarakhand on Tuesday banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, and sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing gutka, pan masala, and other food products containing these ingredients for one year.
An order to this effect was issued by Vinay Shankar Pandey, commissioner of the state's Food Safety and Drug Administration Department.
According to the order, these products, regardless of the brand name, are prohibited across the entire state with immediate effect.
This ban has been implemented under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011.