This story is from May 8, 2013

TN bans production, sales of tobacco

Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday decided to ban the production, stocking, distribution and sale of tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala in the state.
TN bans production, sales of tobacco
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday decided to ban the production, stocking, distribution and sale of tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala in the state. The government decision came against the backdrop of Supreme Court's remarks in a case pending before it seeking to know the action taken by the state government in curbing the usage of tobacco and its products.
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Making a statement in the assembly, chief minister J Jayalalithaa referred to her previous regime's notification on November 19, 2001, to ban the use of tobacco under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, for five years, on which the Supreme Court ruled that the Centre alone had the powers to issue such notifications. Jayalalithaa said her government had constituted a separate department 'Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration,' after the Centre announced the Food Safety and Standards Act. She also pointed out that Centre has enacted the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and it has come into force throughout the country from 5th August 2011 by repealing the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954.
"In order to prevent various cancers through tobacco, my government has decided to ban the production, stocking, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala in the state", she said.
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